I went to a baseball game tonight. I help coach a team of boys ages 9 – 10 and we play on Wednesday nights. Because I need to be at prayer meeting, I am usually able to go to the beginning or the end, depending on if we have...

I will forever be more compassionate towards people from the South that come into an environment where they are not surrounded by Southern culture. It used to be I was one of those people that would say (or think) “Oh, keep talking. I love your accent.” Or tease them...

Here is a funny song that I like. It is a parody of all love songs. It describes what type of line would be used at that particular part of the song. For instance: If a love song says “No one could love you as much as I do…” –...

OK, first off today are the sermon notes from yesterday. True Knowledge It was a powerful message to me at least, and I could sense the Spirit flowing as I preached. After the second point I just turned the notes over and spoke from my heart. This was freeing...

Ever get tired of typing? I’ve been sitting at this computer all day long, studying and typing my thoughts. I have also answered a couple e-mails. I have other e-mails I could answer, and longer, more interesting blog posts to make, but I’m sick of typing. I want to...

Please tell me if this guy reminds you of a “tough” Dr. Frederickson. (The one behind the desk.) He looks like what I think Dr. Fred would look like if he weren’t such a nice guy. There is also a picture of him on Drudge’s website, but I didn’t...

Perhaps this will spark an interesting discussion. Here is an illustration I had in my sermon notes for “Do not judge (Romans 14)”. (See post for April 30th.) I didn’t actually use this illustration in it’s fullness, but a friend asked me recently for clarification, and this is what I...

Last night I watched an incredible movie! “Cinderella Man” starring Russell Crowe was just one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. It was good from so many angles. Plenty of drama, nice fighting sequences, excellent plot, rooting for the under-dog kind of sports flick, an...

I had thought to give a decent length post here in the middle of the day. But time is getting away from me and I need to pursue other projects today. Perhaps later. But I will say this… Growing up is fun in some ways, and hard in others....

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and current street)Snuggles Warren YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mother’s side, your favorite candy)Glenn Reese YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color,favorite animal)Blue Panther YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, town you grew up in)Thomas Fairmount YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters...

This morning I took a walk. It is a rather nice walk actually, considering I live in town. There is this road that I walk on that almost feels like I’m in the country, especially when I get to the top of the hill and look out over the...

Here are some pictures I thought you might enjoy. They are chronological from oldest to newest. My late Grandpa Hinton and my father who was not even a year old in this picture. Dad used to be a professional Christian singer. This is his album cover from 1980. Love...

OK, I’d thought I’d post a poem. I want to post some other things too, but I don’t want to post too long a text. Here is a poem I wrote for a family that recently lost a loved-one.  Sometimes He Says Nothing by Jarod Hinton, 2006 If I...

Woo Hoo!!! I think my $800+ tax refund was deposited in my account today!   That is totally nice! So that means I gave the government $800 too much last year, and they are finally giving it back! Ahhhh. I hope to buy a new laptop computer with that money. I’ll...

I was at the store buying groceries and other things. I get to the checkout and the girl is shuffling my stuff through. She gets to the last item, the bananas. She has to weigh them, so she punches the right buttons, but gets an error message. It says...