Featuring my Christmas and winter artwork[...]
The digital glass art of Pastor John Stuart in Knoxville is becoming collectible.
Here's my annual list of recommended books for Christmas Gifts for Christian relatives, pastors, and friends:
An Autumn drawing, based upon a photograph from one of my favorite Bloggers, Gannet Girl.
Rev. John Stuart of Erin Presbyterian in Knoxville, whose Psalms project has been highlighted in the Knoxville News Sentinel, has recently created two new prints that are part of his Waterfall Series. 
Part of my Fall series collection on exhibit at the Bear Creek Coffee House on Middlebrook Pike, just across from Food City.
I'm glad to get back to my Psalms artwork.
1 Corinthians 2:6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.Romans 15:24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
Spain is a beautiful country. I’ve visited [...]
My Kindle – electronic digital reading book from Amazon.com – arrived today. It is everything that I hoped for. The ease of reading a book without turning pages or having to store it on top of a pile of other books is wonderful. 
Psalm 66: 5 Come and look at what God has accomplished; how awesome are His works in our behalf!
John Calvin called them ‘the attestations of God’s witness to the world.’ Today we would call them natural wonders, divine intervention, or even great escapes.
One of [...]
Ephesians 1:19b-21 That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every [...]
Psalm 119:104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
There’s a controversy brewing over an ad that the World Wild Life Fund had commissioned in Brazil. The ad depicts over one hundred airplanes heading directly to Manhattan with the intention [...]
Psalm 111: 4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Sometimes I envy the people of the past, particularly those in the Old Testament. I wonder what it must have felt like to escape from the clutches of [...]
Even though the United Nations has suggested that Palestinian children be taught the truth about the Nazi Holocaust, spiritual leaders in Gaza vehemently oppose this and call such action as a hate crime.
How can the rest of the world take Palestinian claims of injustice seriously, [...]
Job 28:24 For God views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
I love using Google Earth on my computer. It amazes me that satellite cameras can focus on my neighborhood, allowing me to see my house from outer space. [...]
From WBIR todayMany East Tenneseans head to church on Sundays to worship with others who give them a sense of belonging. For some, however, finding the right church isn't always easy.
In fact, one Knox County congregation is filling up with people who, at one' [...]
I’ve just been reading Ted Kennedy’s letter to the Pope and it has caused me to ask some questions.
Firstly, when President Obama acted as courier of the letter, was he in fact going against the Constitution? Our government and its leaders are not [...]
John 16:31 "You believe at last!" Jesus answered.
Years ago, when I ministered to the Scottish fishing village of Dunure, some people stopped coming to church. Eventually, they were asked by a couple of elders of why they had become non-attenders. They replied, “He’s too evangelical [...]
Our community in Knoxville is grieving and angry this morning. A while ago, a young couple – Chris Newsom and Channon Christian – were car-jacked, kidnapped, raped, tortured, horrendously mutilated, and savagely murdered by a gang of people over several days. The details of the crime [...]
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Throughout the summer months, when our church choir does not meet, our Creative Expressions team encourages our church kids to present the anthem during worship on Sunday mornings. The leader of our ministry [...]
Continuing the psalms project that was highlighted in the Faith & family section of the Knoxville News Sentinel
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
There’s been a lot of outrage expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about the Scottish Secretary of Justice’s decision to release the convicted Libyan bomber of [...]
Psalm 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
Over the years, I’ve heard some people say, “I don’t go to church. It’s full of hypocrites.” My usual answer to that is: “Don’t worry. There’s always room for one [...]
Galatians 6: 3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
We live in a sad age when reality television rules our popular culture. Whether its Octomom or the Gosseleins, the Bachelor or Big Brother, our whole society seems obsessed with [...]
Romans 15: 5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus
Yesterday, we held an Appalachian/folk music service at the church. Because the songs were so well known to the congregation, the singing [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I was driving through a deprived area in a large Southern town. The whole area was dismal. Houses were falling apart; the streets were littered; and the corner store that I passed had a sign outside which stated: No Drug Peddling [...]
Luke 10:20 (Jesus said,) “However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Our not-so-wee church made a brave decision last Sunday morning. We agreed to ask the bank for a $500,000 line of credit so" [...]
Genesis 3:12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
I call it the “blame game.” You know about it, too. Someone does something diabolically wicked and it’s reported in the newspaper. [...]
2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
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As far as I am concerned, my wife Evelyn is the best teacher [...]
Jeremiah 9: 20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament.
It was both brutal and harrowing. I wept buckets of tears and left the [...]
Today’s devotion may be alarming to some. Please do not read if you are squeamish.
Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers [...]
This book took me fully two months to read. It is crammed full of information about the realities of the world beyond our Western civilization. Richard Stearns’ zeal is evident on very page. He thoroughly believes that Christianity is meant to change the world, but before [...]
Romans 12: 4,5 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
There’s a current trend [...]
1 Samuel 3:17 "What was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you."
Did you ever see the movie ‘A Few Good [...]
1 Samuel 3:1 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.
Usually, the Hebrew name ‘Samuel’ is interpreted as ‘asked of God, or heard by God,’ and refers to [...]
Isaiah 40: 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
What would happen if you were to wake up one morning and discovered that you had no belief in [...]
HOPING to align religious tradition with modern life, the Church of England has introduced a new "two-in-one" marriage and baptism ceremony that allows couples who already have children to tie the knot.
"Family-friendly weddings" will make it easier for those with children to marry in church, [...]
Isaiah 40:18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare Him to?
If you had seen my math notebook when I was in High School, you would have found penciled images of two things in between algebraic equations and geometrical patterns [...]
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. I was feeling sorry for myself the other day. It was the usual round of over worked, over worried, and over stretched. Of course I [...]
Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
I love the rite of baptism. Whether it’s the sprinkling of water on the head of a bonnie wee baby in my arms or the sacred pouring of water on an [...]
Romans 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you [...]
A schoolboy argument over a tractor has led to a Christian village in Pakistan being looted and burned.
Lahore, July 2 : Over six hundred Muslims attacked Christians in Bahmniwala village in Kasur District of Pakistan after local mosques urged them to unite and "teach a" [...]
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?
The apostle Paul went through some really tough times. Apart from being [...]
Old Saint Nick given a Van Gogh makeover...
...beware this could happen to you...
Continuing my Vincent series
My poster for this year's World AIDS Day
A crayon drawing based on a photograph that a friend sent me.
I think the moon is becoming my trademark....
Best ten minutes of my week...:)
Enjoy!
Continuing my psalms project
Smoky Mountain Black bear cub having fun in the Fall
Continuing the Psalms project...Psalm 85
