Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church April 29, 2018 John 15:1-17 Have you ever asked yourself why we profess in the Apostles’ Creed to believe in the holy catholic church? “Didn’t we break away from the Catholics back … Continue reading
Marc A. Jolley, Safe at Home: A Memoir of God, Baseball, and Family (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2005), 139 pages, a few photos. This is a delightful book in which Jolley recalls childhood memories with his father on … Continue reading
Buck and Nancy were the youth group advisors at church during my Senior High years. They were both teachers. Buck, who’d done a stint with the Marine Corps as an officer in Vietnam, taught high school biology and Nancy taught in … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Psalm 85 April 15, 2018 On this Sunday in which we celebrate our Scottish heritage, let me speak a bit about the Reformation in Scotland. Unlike the Swiss, German and English Reformations that … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church April 8, 2018 1 John 1:1-2:2 Today we’ll explore the opening of the 1st Letter of John. The letters of John have numerous similarities with the Gospel of John. Both begin talking about … Continue reading
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot early in the evening of April 4th, 1968. In honor of the memory, I attended a Learning Center lecture held at First … Continue reading
Leon Prather, Sr., “We Have Taken a City”: The Wilmington Racial Massacre and the Coup of 1898 (1984, Southport, NC: Dram Tree Books, 2006), 214 pages, black and white photos. “Politics, the old cliche goes, “makes strange bedfellows.” This can be seen in … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Revelation 5 April 1, 2018 I can’t stand before you this morning without at least acknowledging the day. Yes, it’s Easter. But it’s also April Fool’s Day. This day doesn’t fall … Continue reading
