Alexander City Civitan, March, 1994   How appropriate it is that we honor the spiritual leaders of this community.  I have opportunities frequently to think of the importance of the work that our spiritual leaders do.  After all, people do what they do because of...

First United Methodist Church, Tallassee October 24, 1993 Thank you, Larry.  It's a privilege to share with you—for about eight minutes is what I think they told me I could have—about stewardship.  I want to talk about the concept of stewardship.  A few months ago, we...

I approach the topic of today’s talk with “fear and trembling” to use Kierkegard’s application of St. Paul’s phrase.  The topic is “the calling of a layperson.”  We are all a bit reluctant to assign to God the reasons for our behavior, and with good cause.  We are...

Tuesday, November 15, 1994 Meeting of Bankers Institute As I speak to various groups, one of the questions most frequently raised concerns huge verdicts rendered in civil cases.  Efforts at tort reform, and how those efforts have failed in court, was an important...

This is a talk that I made to the Board of Laity of the Alabama West Florida Conference in Andalusia, Alabama, on December 11, 1993.  Any organization that has elections must deal with politics, and the Board of Laity was apparently considering rules in an attempt to...

Tuesday, November 15, 1994 Meeting of Bankers Institute As I speak to various groups, one of the questions most frequently raised concerns huge verdicts rendered in civil cases.  Efforts at tort reform, and how those efforts have failed in court, was an important...