I just got a text from a friend that shocked me.
It wasn’t as much what they said as who they said it about. You see, the text was about someone we both knew. ...
So I have hit the ground running at my new church. We have arrived, after saying tearful goodbyes to dear friends in our former ministry field.
I’d given five ...
I’m sitting in Starbucks, this is one I don’t frequent, but I thought I’d give it a try. This is me stepping out and taking a big risk: trying a new Starbucks. ...
Remember when people were outraged by the killing of a lion named Cecil in Africa?
A beautiful creation of God had been killed, with no respect for the inher...
It’s funny how your childhood programs you for life.
As a kid, I was overweight and non-athletic. I grew up never really learning how to throw a football lik...
I’d just spent six years in a church feeling wounded. The environment was one where you were never really supposed to be honest about yourself, about life, abou...
This is a picture of my baby girl who just turned four years old. I remember the exact moment and where I was when she entered my life. Her name is Elizabeth ...
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
There are lots of opinions out t...
I was feeling really down. Nothing life-threatening. Just a rough couple of days in a row, lots of frustrations and no progress. You know how it is.
I hadn’t g...
On Monday, April 27, 2015, Tonya Graham looked on as her Baltimore neighborhood erupted in riots. As her eyes scanned a crowd of brick-throwing young men just a...
Even when things go wrong, God can make them go right!
No matter how much I prepare, some Sundays are just “dumpster fires”–total catastrophes. I remember one ...
I took a long bike ride today, up to the north side of my city, St Louis. What I was looking for probably never really existed, but I was determined to find it ...
Dave Gipson is a husband, father of 4 adopted children and one biological child, former foster parent, and pastor at Tower Grove Baptist Church in St Louis, MO. He’s also an author, contributing regular commentaries to the Naples Daily News as well as other international publications. He has served churches for the last 25+ years, from Florida to the inner-city of Chicago. Rev. Gipson holds his ordination in the Southern Baptist denomination, and has two earned Masters degrees in Religion and Divinity. Read more at http://RevBigHair.com. Follow him on Twitter at @realdavegipson.
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