On the first day of first grade, I couldn’t read, write, or count past my fingers, but I was already a crackerjack at playing “Cowboys and Indians.”…
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Author: Ron Carlson
Ron is an adult convert, born-again nearly 30 years ago, and sustained day by day by the grace of God. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1975 and the Center for Christian Education in 1984. He served in the mission field of British Columbia for 2 years, and then returned to the Metroplex where he served the Center for Christian Education in various capacities for a dozen years. He has served as the preacher at Duncanville Church of Christ in Duncanville, TX since 1996, where he helped transform the local congregation into a dynamic, multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-economic, multi-generational, multi-sinner, undenominational church. He's been married to his wife Sandra for 36 years.
Can’t Have it Our Way
As we survey the terrain stretched before us, looking carefully for the best route to the Promised Land (one that avoids the dreaded swamps of…
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God Provides a Greater Grace
I searched the websites of the major George’s (Gallup, Barna, and Curious) this morning hoping to find data regarding an important matter. I’m curious to…
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When Good Cells Go Bad
Imagine for a moment that the highly skilled disease-fighting cells serving as military reservists in your blood stream one day receive an urgent summons from…
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The God of My Backyard…and Spiders
Spiders deserve better. For too long they have been treated like common insects, persecuted and maligned. Stop the hate! Put down that can of pesticide.…
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Highway to the Danger Zone
“Hey, buddy, over here,” I heard a voice whisper from the shadows. “How much?” I asked. “How much you got?” the man in the black…
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Birds of a Feather Flock Together
I never pondered all the implications of living in a shrinking global community until I read Mark Leibovich’s hilarious column in the Washington Post exposing…
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Too Serious to Take Too Seriously
I’m in television sitcom recovery. I’ve been hurt deeply, emotionally scarred by heartless producers who cancelled my favorite shows without popular permission, insensitive to my…
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Cashing in Your Chips
The oldest person in the world isn’t anymore. Three times this year I’ve seen headlines reporting that the world’s oldest person is currently dead. I don’t mean…
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Out of Sorts
My recently graduated son has a job – sort of. He is playing baseball for a living – sort of. He shipped out this week…
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