http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/ministersblogMinister's Blog Updatesen-usNever seen anything like it!  Never felt any exhilaration like it!  Wish I could craft a block of words to share the feeling with you because I believe you'd like it! I'm referring to the workday... house-raising... benevolent effort at Willie's...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106397Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:52:45 ZJust got an e-mail that some of you might want to take some action on... it follows: Will NBC be suprised??!!      Here's  your chance to let the media know where the people stand on our faith in God, as a nation.  NBC is  presently taking...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106240Tue, 12 May 2009 15:29:42 ZMy blog this week is an article I wrote while minister at S. Thronton Church of Christ in Piggott.  It came to my mind as a result of a recent conversation I've had on the same matter that bordered on the same accusation. I understand that S....http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106239Tue, 12 May 2009 15:21:51 ZWhere do we hide?  Al Quida and Taliban terrorists are on the loose in Afghanistan and Pakistan, pirates roam the high seas, madmen nearly have their fingers on nuclear launch buttons, the ice caps and glaciers are melting (so some say), our economy...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106162Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:25:36 ZWow again!!!  FOUR-HUNDRED-AND-FIVE!!!!  Work and pray for the day that’s a normal attendance.  Then on Easter and Christmas we’ll be putting chairs in the aisles and talking about expansion!  “Farfetched,” you might think, but no more farfetched...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106054Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:01:45 ZI should begin every blog with an apology if all I'm doing is getting in once a month.  I'll try to do better.  It's been a busy time.  Seems spring is aways like that. The Tulsa International Soulwinning Workshop in late March was a shot in the...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=106006Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:13:31 ZUnsettled times, these are.   The events flowing from the present marriage of politics and economics are to some a God-sent answer to years of prayer while others see them as ocean waves that wash in and out ceaselessly cutting away the ground...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=105746Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:46:58 ZOur Sunday morning class began a study of a brand new Max Lucado book this past Sunday morning, Cast of Characters.   The book came out in September, I think.  The book is excellent.  The class is also excellent.  It's well attended and usually has...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=931Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:55:18 ZDr. Joy Trauth, an instructor in Biological Sciences Department at ASU, wrote a two part guest editorial that appeared in this past Saturday's and Sunday's Jonesboro Suns.  Her title is "Why Students Fail College Classes."  I refer here only...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=890Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:37:27 ZTo all of those whom I love so dearly, Merry Christmas.  Not merriness at the coming of the special gift you wanted, but the pure delight of a greater coming of Jesus Christ into your heart!  Remember , "the most important things in life... are ...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=882Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:19:10 ZI am at just about a month since I've blogged.  Sorry, my regular job plus the two extras I have been attempting to do, plus family affairs during the holidays have consumed me.  Maybe I can do better. Of course, it's Christmas.  I'm guessing...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=837Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:29:20 Z Tyler, Paula, Zoey, and Jacob Olsen are moving from Bono to Jonesboro in the next few days.  They will move into a three-bedroom rental on Concord (behind Wallace & Owens, near Jonesboro High School) where they’ll have access to Jonesboro...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=732Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:53:05 ZOur attendance was down yesterday morning due to farmers scurrying to get crops gathered in and some of our hunters out in the woods stirring up the wildlife.   But the Bono church is bustling!  We had a lot of activities going on.  A CCCM...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=727Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:58:50 ZThanks for all the "Happy Birthday" wishes.  I'm just glad to still be having 'em. Hallelujah!  Whoop-de-doo!  Pat’s on the back and a hearty round of applause for all who worked to make Trunk-or-Treat a booming success!  That includes planners,...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=655Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:12:47 ZNext Sunday’s big event—besides the constant bigness of the church coming together to study and worship and commune at the Lord’s table—will be our Trunk-or-Treat.  It is once again an opportunity for us to get ourselves before the Bono community by...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=644Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:38:09 ZI haven't been able to do much blogging for a month.  Three jobs has kind of caught up with me and I've been madly scrambling to manage them all.  I've settled into a rhythm teaching the Pentateuch at CRC and we're halfway done.  I took on that job...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=578Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:41:11 ZWhat an odd day Sunday was.  I saw something I'd never seen in my life and only barely dreamed of… twice as many people at an evening service as there were at the morning service!  Chances are I'll never see it again.  To say the least, Ike disrupted...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=477Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:50:09 ZWhat a blessed, wonderful day we had together Sunday.  I appreciated so much Marco’s planning and leading of our morning worship hour.  Marco is a young man with great love for the Lord whom God has given a great talent.  I believe God will continue...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=459Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:27:25 ZSorry, I missed last week due to the heavy schedule of activities as we opened the week at ASU with the revamped campus ministry.  I hope missing weeks will be rare. We were delighted Sunday to announce that sisters Kim & Sheri Pittcock have...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=429Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:33:40 Z   We who remember Laurel and Hardy remember Oliver’s main line to Stan… "This is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into." Bono may feel that about some of the things I have gotten you into... like the campus ministry at ASU. It’s like a child I...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=397Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:47:46 ZHow generous you were about helping out with (1) school supply purchases for families who'll otherwise have a hard time getting their children what they need and (2) one of our Bono families who is particularly hard hit with an illness.  Both...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=376Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:52:09 ZGreat day yesterday with our first all-day emphasis on prayer.  Kent McDaniel did his usual stirring presentation and he'll just keep on the next three Sunday nights.  I'm particularly excited about our singing prayer songs all month.  I hope...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=333Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:26:45 ZGreat, great singing at Exaltation 2008!  Bono hosted about 230 area Christians Saturday night in Exaltation's first installment.  It was great fellowship and worship.  Our building's wonderful, A # 1, excellent acoustics greatly enhanced the...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=312Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:17:44 ZAlex Archer's and Jessica Griffin's wedding was, as the renowned minister officiating it would say, "lovely."  An incredible amount of work and expense goes into such affairs, but it is a day of days being created for them.  And God says it is to be...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=297Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:34:38 ZDespite yesterday not working out as planned with the viewing of the new webpage, we had a great day at Bono.  Good sized crowd, and friendly, as usual.  Thanks for the Hurculean attempt by Lorne and Alex (and others) to get it going.  By the way,...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=279Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:27:43 ZGreat day today!  We had lots of holiday visitors.  Cindy Howard came to me after morning services with tears in her eyes saying, "I was supposed to go forward and I misjusdged the song... though there was another verse."  I reminded her that coming...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=233Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:16:25 ZMany topics to touch on today…         From Susan Martin in re VBS:  “I would like to thank you for making this year’s VBS such a success.  I was absolutely impressed by the support you gave, both financially and physically.  Your help with...http://www.bonochurchofchrist.com/default.aspx?p=4867&beid=225Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:44:50 Z