By Michael J. Brooks After a “dry run” at our current tax forms, my wife found an interest statement she’d overlooked from the U.S. government. She cashed an old savings bond last year and m... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I traveled to another county to visit a church member and passed a church building near the highway. Their outdoor sign read: “Jeremiah 29:11.” Only the reference withou... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks A lady remarked a few months ago how much she enjoyed the pastor’s good humor in the pulpit. I remembered how someone else in a different place responded to a worship su... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I was a boy in suburban Birmingham when a man pounded on our door one night. We came to learn he was drunk and believed our house was his house. My dad was working overt... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The book of Acts tells about Aquila and Priscilla who were helpers in the early church. They had the gift of exhortation, or encouragement, and demonstrated this by serv... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks It was agonizing to purchase a new car lately. I shopped for 10 months and finally made a deal a few weeks ago. My old car was faithful for nine years, but now it’s gone... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks It’s been said that football is a religion in Alabama. Sadly, this is often the case. A pastor I know always gave an exhortation on the Sunday before Alabama’s Iron Bowl... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I told Alexa to play “oldies” for me while doing some menial work last week, and soon she played a familiar song: “The House Of The Rising Sun.” This was never among my... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I thought it best to confess before some enterprising journalist dug it up and doomed any political nomination I might have in the future. We’re studying the book of Act... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks David’s experience in the Valley of Elah is a story familiar to even the smallest child. The shepherd-boy of Israel faced down the Philistine giant, Goliath, who was nea... Read more