by Aaron McCollough | Feb 23, 2019 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
Note: I write a weekly pastor’s column for several newspapers. Recently, I have been writing a series I have entitled, “The Stories of My Life.” This is one of those stories. In a previous column, I mentioned that before giving my life to Jesus I was part...
by Aaron McCollough | Feb 9, 2019 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
For the first sixteen years of my life I was raised in a traditional, quiet, Southern Baptist Church. Everything was done decently and in order. As far back as I can remember, momma was the pianist/organist/Sunday School teacher, and daddy was a...
by Aaron McCollough | Jan 23, 2019 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
Writer’s note: For whatever His reasoning, God tends to work in my life through cataclysmic, over the top means and blessings. He leaves very little room for me to misunderstand what He is doing! Last week I received another of those cataclysmic, over the...
by Aaron McCollough | Jun 5, 2018 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
One of the hardest lessons in life to learn is that every action has a consequence. Trust me; I’m still a student regarding this one! I haven’t mastered it yet! I remember a story a pastor friend told me years ago. One of his teenage members was crying....
by Aaron McCollough | Apr 26, 2018 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
In the book, “Same Kind of Different as Me,” by Denver Moore and Ron Hall, Ron wrote the following about his wife’s struggle with cancer. He said, “The medicine took her down quickly, slashing her weight to one hundred pounds. Still, she was determined to eradicate...
by Aaron McCollough | Mar 29, 2018 | Pastoral Nuggets: Archives
I was listening to Dave Ramsey’s podcast. He was dealing with the news regarding Toys R Us filing for bankruptcy and closing all their stores. Quite naturally, being a person who has built his livelihood around finances and teaching people how to live debt...
