Posts by Roy Mason

Someone quipped, “Snow is beautiful—when you are watching the other fellow shovel it.” Back on February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and proclaimed that we were in for 6 more weeks of winter. IT CERTAINLY seems for many of us that he was right. Even here in lovely North Carolina single digit lows are…

In the famed story, Aesop gives us the lesson learned from the Tortoise and the Hare, when the Tortoise said: “Slow but steady progress wins the race.” There is something certainly relevant about this truth. The christian life is a marathon not a sprint. There will always be both mountain peaks and deep valleys all…

Lessons learned from Super Bowl XLIX In a game that seemed almost scripted for the theatre that is the NFL, everyone got all they had hoped for. Super Bowl XLIX was a back and forth gridiron battle right down to the wire. The advertisers were elated because no one was turning off the TV –…

This weekend my wife and I went to the movies and watched “American Sniper.” We like much of America viewed the film through civilian eyes whose only contact with the war on terror has come through our television screens, radio programs, and print media. We have lived our lives in relative ignorance of the dangers…

It matters more how you finish that how you start! For nearly everyone watching the Seattle Seahawks host the Green Bay Packers football game on Sunday it was obvious that Green Bay was going to win the game. With a little more than two minutes left in the game they led the Seahawks 19-7. They…

This past weekend I enjoyed watching the NFL playoffs on TV. Not every team I pulled for was victorious in their efforts on the field but a life lesson was reinforced. “The best team does not always win, but the best prepared team rarely looses.” I watched four games this past weekend and without a…

Here we are again. Another year has past and a new day has dawned. 2014 holds nothing but memories and 2015 holds nothing put potential. I hope you have finished with your reflections on the past and are enjoying the prospects of what this year holds in store. The Word of God is replete with…