by Clyde H. Slimp | Jan 10, 2021 | Blog
One night when my oldest son was three years old I was tucking him into bed when he asked, “Daddy, will God give me a good dream?” I answered quickly without really thinking about how a little boy might decipher what I said when I replied, “I don’t know son, why don’t...
by Clyde H. Slimp | Dec 26, 2020 | Blog
I am an MFFL: Mavs Fan For Life! When my family celebrated Christmas yesterday, I was proud to unwrap yet another Mavs shirt. Ah, my wife and kids know me so well. It makes me so happy to be a Mavs fan. I fell in love with the Dallas Mavericks in the 80s. The young...
by Clyde H. Slimp | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog
Matthew 2:11 says, “After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” The Magi bring three gifts (which led...
by Clyde H. Slimp | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
The Dallas Morning News carried a story with this headline: “Nurse dies saving patient from house fire” (11/26/20, 4A). This home nurse was a 64-year-old trying to save her 71-year-old paraplegic patient from the flames of a house fire in Louisiana. She tried to wheel...
by Clyde H. Slimp | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog
In a previous post, I began wading into Howard Thurman’s 1949 masterpiece, Jesus and the Disinherited. Thurman’s distilled wisdom came as a clarion call, emerging into a world that mostly refused to listen. Many years later, his wisdom still needs to be heard. It...
by Clyde H. Slimp | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
Howard Thurman’s profound masterpiece, Jesus and the Disinherited, was first put on my radar early in 2018 by one of my teachers, Dr. Jerry Taylor. Dr. Taylor is the founding director of the Carl Spain Center on Race Relations and Spiritual Action. I was...
