Hi Cheri!
I’m just thanking the Lord tonight that this blog ain’t a democracy Its more like a hard line dictatorship where the dictator over rules any and all votes. To be truthful I never even listened to the CD yet, don’t know when I’ll get around to that. Ain’t much interested in listening to myself I guess. Plus I have not even the slightest idea how to put something like that on the blog or anywhere else for that matter. I even have a hard time with pictures on this blog, let alone a recording. But I’ll see what I can do sometime about it. Sometimes I really wish that readers and friends such as you could come together for something like this past Wednesday evening. I know for me it was with out a doubt a life changer!
God Bless!

Hey Jim!
Just thought I’d let you know, I mentioned you in the sermon No kidding! And I didn’t even cuss you out It was all good and I’ll tell you sometime about it.
Now this is what I love, when folks write and tell me about a friend, relative or a neighbor that’s a farmer/preacher. That’s a rare breed around here and it helps me more than anyone could ever imagine when I even get bits and pieces of information relating to that.
I tell you, things are really looking up around here this year! I baled 38 round bales before supper tonight and the numbers keep on adding up! I’ll start with some more second cutting this coming week plus knock down the oats sometime too. The corn is unreal, growing and growing. I’ll have to change my plans and pick allot more than I ever imagined if it don’t get wiped out by some unforeseen disaster like hail or something. This will give me allot more work than the last couple of years in the later half of summer but it sure beats chasing grasshoppers and looking over the region for purchasing hay at drought prices. Like I say, when the silage pit is full I do believe I will get into family milk production. Heck, I can be totally set up in hours, I got lots of stuff for a milk cow over the years at auctions and stuff.No problem! So when the feed is in this fall I could very well give you a holler!! Yup, someday I can just see me eating some pepper bacon, some home grown fried potatoes, (which we always have), some of our old fashioned eggs, and some home made butter on some hot homemade bread, GLORY!! I’m typing myself into a frenzy here
God Bless!

Glad to hear that your preaching went well. We have a neighbor who farms and also pastors a small church. He’s also got seven kids, including three that are friends with my oldest daughter.

Sounds like you are leaning toward a dairy cow. This past week my youngest son goat another dairy goat. I am currently drinking a lot of goat milk as well as cow milk. If you have trouble finding what you want, give me a shout and I can see what I can come up with. Don’t forget the homemade butter when you are thinking about vices.

Jim V

I like your idea of farmer/preachers. I think many preachers are too concerned with growing their numbers. This is often the definition of success in the city. If they were toiling daily in the fields and barns, think what insights they would have from scripture and life!

My maternal grandfather (born 1898) went into the ministry because it’s what the men in his family did, but he always wanted to be a farmer. So, he preached, but he also had wonderful vegetable and flower gardens. And it was he who taught me the wonders of one flower blossom producing tons of seeds.

Keep us posted on the hog/goat/cow decisions. Blessings to you and your family and your little country church.

OK Brent,

I’ll try and keep the rains over this way, I’m kinda greedy that way you know. Probably wouldn’t hurt to send Brad some down there in northern Alabama, sounds like he’s dry again. As far as the pepper bacon, I don’t know the recipe that those folks use at the meat processing place, don’t know if its good for a person or not. But I figure I can live with two vices, home raised bacon and cookies and cream ice cream. What can I say, I’m a frail mortal that sometimes backslides and indulges But looking at the bacon, I’d say that if a person had themselves a good home bacon making recipe for doing the works a home, after brining the bacon regular they then take the whole side and just rub on allot of coarse black pepper before smoking, same with the jalapeños if a person wanted to go that route. I know this ain’t much help but its the best I can give.
About if they recorded the sermon, ……no comment

Hey Don!
Welcome to the comment section of this old blog! You folks were something else! I kept thinking, I must be boring these people out of their skulls! But just kept going. Its allot different than children’s church to say the least, to be truthful it was a bit easier than children’s church, no crowd control to worry about and all of that. Our pastor told me that when asking me to preach a couple weeks ago. Now I believe! The main thing is that its done with and I can still show my face in church
You know, I always thought the guest preacher got the collection……