Just a little over two and a half months ago, I was in Puerto Rico on a mission trip with some members of our church.  A series… Read more “Where Am I?”

She hated coconut…and rice…oh, and the Michigan Wolverines.  As a genuine Ohio State fan who spent the majority of her years in Columbus, Ohio, hating Michigan was… Read more “One Fine Mother-In-Law…and a Spiritual Hercules”

If my brain is hitting on all cylinders, I believe our nation celebrates 10 federal holidays.  As a kid, I called these holidays the get-out-of-school kind…and for… Read more “Christians and Calendars”

The little blue box immediately caught my attention  For starters, it was laying on top of my stack of mail (an observant lad am I).  🙂  Secondly,… Read more “A Helpful but Humbling Idea”

I have finally made it to the 8th and final sin on my list of sins Christians are starting to ignore.  In the way of reminder, let… Read more “Sin #8: Being Judgmental”

As the oldest son of one Robert W. Helton and his darling wife, Peggy, little Mark Allen (me) was not aloud to use the word “hate” in… Read more “Sin #7: Hatred”

When I first sat down weeks ago (ok…it was months ago) to start this series of blogs I was excited.  I had never done a series before… Read more “Sin # 6: Gossip (UH-OH!!!)”

This particular sin takes us a back a spell.  As a little boy I had no idea what Moses was going on about in the 9th commandment,… Read more “Sin #5: Gluttony/Coveting”

Allow me to take just a moment and thank you for reading these blogs.  I know everyone is busy.  It’s truly a blessing when I see folks… Read more “Sin #4: Pride”

Seems like just the other day a professor uttered the memorable little sentence, “Fellas chances are good you will not be saying a whole lot in your… Read more “Sin #3: Fear & Worry”