Best Supporting Actress

With the Academy Awards this week, I thought I’d have the audacity to tell you who should win if they gave acting awards for all the movies (well, all the movies I’ve seen and can remember) from 1980 to 2010.  First, the Best Supporting Actress: Honorable Mention:  Mo’Nique in Precious, Judi Dench in Shakespeare in…

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The Missouri Tour, Featuring Love

Prior to about six months ago, I had only ventured into Missouri once. I went to Law School in Illinois, and I drove to St. Louis once to see the arch and go to a Cardinals game. However, back in the Fall I spoke at a college in Bolivar, and this week I’m speaking at…

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Vince Recommends…

If you are a pastor or maybe someone who leads a small group or Sunday school class, and you’re looking for a great series to do, I totally recommend Not A Fan.  It’s a video curriculum – six 30 minute videos, with all kinds of other resources available on line. The idea is that a…

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Books, Books, Books

I made quarterly goals for myself, and one of mine for the first quarter of this year was to read 13 books. I’m not doing well with another one or two of my goals, but I’m on track with my reading. Here’s what I’ve read so far: The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother…

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Seedless

This watermelon looks good, doesn’t it?  The thing that makes it really great is that it’s seedless. No annoying seeds to worry about. But there’s something wrong with that, isn’t there? Because God designed watermelon to have seeds. They’re supposed to reproduce. The sad thing is that this watermelon reminds me of most Christians, and…

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