Posted at: 16 May 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 1 Comment

    What happened to the Oldsmobile?   Many advertisements of 1948 portrayed the Oldsmobile1 (This link has a short and amusing video.) as the car of the future.   The advertisements included “ futuramic” statements like “Bridging frontiers of the future the Oldsmobile of 1948 is the miracle car of tomorrow and it is here today.”   [...]

Posted at: 01 May 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

Twice a month I blog a Christian leadership principle or ministry idea.   This blog will be by a guest writer, Joanna Jesperson.   She is a friend, pastor's wife, mother of a preschooler and a servant of the Lord.  Enjoy Joanna's insights into Christian leadership from a mother and wife viewpoint. Washing Dirty Feet What are [...]

Posted at: 16 April 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 2 Comments

Leading a church to become strong and vibrant is no easy task.   I attended a meeting in which church health, church growth, and church vitality were discussed.   Very disappointing news was presented concerning our Christian ministry in the state of Texas.   Sixty-one per cent (61%) of the Baptist churches throughout our state have declined or [...]

Posted at: 30 March 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

When You Think of Easter? "When you think of the word Easter, what do you see? If you see bunnies and baskets of chocolate eggs, you are missing out on the richness of this day, considered by many Christians to be even more significant than Christmas. Easter, to Christians, is actually Resurrection Day – the [...]

Posted at: 20 March 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 1 Comment

Three times a year I attend the Sabbath Retreat hosted by Dallas Baptist Association and led by Milfred Minatrea. The word Sabbath means “to rest.”    The Sabbath is a concept instituted by God following creation.   For six days God created the heavens, the earth, the animals, and the human race; and on the seventh day [...]

Posted at: 06 March 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

While at Dallas Baptist University attending BACE (Baptist Association of Christian Educators), I heard Dr. James Denision, founder of Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, speak on the topic, “How Many People Does It Take To Make a Difference?”   The title was a very thought-provoking ministry question.  As he developed his thoughts, the commission for [...]

Posted at: 22 February 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 1 Comment

  When you travel you have many new opportunities and experiences.  On a recent trip to Georgia, I discovered a new word on a dinner menu.   This menu had the same descriptive words for the food and same food groups with one exception.  Rather than a term such as appetizer, or starters to describe the [...]

Posted at: 07 February 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

For many years my mother collected Andrea bird figurines.   She enjoyed these beautiful figurines because of their realistic appearance, detail, and expert painting.   The choices of figurines ranged from birds of prey figurines, songbird figurines, and a number of various hummingbird figurines.  With all the choices of Andrea birds, birthday and Christmas gift selection was [...]

Posted at: 24 January 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

SOAP Bubbles Each of us finds ways to restore calmness and tranquility into our lives.  What do you do to allow your brain to slow its pace of thoughts flashing into your cognitive mind?  How do you adjust your emotions to release your pent-up supercharged temperament?  In what ways do you allow your body to [...]

Posted at: 10 January 2012 | By: DBA Staff | 0 Comments

Can or how does spiritual transformation occur in our life?  In the public arena some people may doubt whether God chooses to be involved in the lives of people.   Let me use the written record of the Bible to build a case for spiritual transformation based on God’s view.   Nicodemus of the Bible asked a [...]