Legacy Spotlight: Fall 2003

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team Mission Access! This Fall marks 15 years since I began my first semester at Dallas Theological Seminary.  Taking quite literally a Leap Of Faith out of my “If It’s To Be It’s Up To Me” Comfort Zone, I embarked on my pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Christian […]

Watch The Birdie!

Greetings Fam & Friends of Team Mission Access! In 1952 the late great Ethel Waters first recorded her iconic hymn “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” Based on Matthew 10: 29-31, this classic has since been covered extensively by both Christian and secular artists from Mahalia Jackson to Whitney Houston. “Are not two sparrows sold […]

Godspeed Barbara Bush!

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team Mission Access!  This month we honor the Life & Legacy of former First (& Second!) Lady Barbara Bush who went Home to be with Our Lord earlier this year. Rarely do we have the joy to witness someone who so graciously embodied The Wife of Noble Character found […]

Luther Nails It!

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team MissionAccess! Today marks the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Chapel and transforming the Church forever. If Martln Luther had a Life Verse it would be: Ephesians 2:8-9 (NASB) ” For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it […]

All Things

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team Mission Access!  Delighted am I to welcome back Larry Thacker as our distinguished Guest Blogger yet again this month with his timely message entitled All Things. Our home state of Texas is still reeling from devastating floods unleashed after Hurricane Harvey.  Tens of thousands of Texans have been […]

Snatch! Save. Repeat…

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team MissionAccess! Let’s chat about something Christians simply LOVE to talk about, shall we? Let’s chat about Hell! (insert awkward silence here) Moved by a local news story about a 65-year old woman who died in a South Dallas house fire, her charred power chair could easily belong to […]

Suffering? Or Sanctifying?

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team MissionAccess! So lemme ask you:  Are You Suffering?  Or Sanctifying?  Today’s Blog is based on my recent Bible Study at Bartimaeus Baptist Temple entitled:  “Suffering 2.0–The Sanctification Upgrade.” John Piper’s excellent book Acting the Miracle: God’s Work and Ours in the Mystery of Sanctification defines Sanctification as “the […]

A Diamond’s Best Friend

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team MissionAccess!  Ponder with me this month the concept of Legacy.  How shall we honor not just the Milestones on our Christian journey but more significantly the Process we go through to prayerfully become transformed into the image of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ? So let’s talk Diamonds, […]

Pure Joy!

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team Mission Access!  While we breathe a huge sigh of relief that our collective Christmas craziness is winding down and set our hearts on a hopefully Happy New Year ahead, let’s consider something that may have may have gone MIA this season:  JOY. So let’s unwrap Joy, shall we?  […]

Camp Out!

Greetings & Blessings Faithful Followers of Team Mission Access!  Well we made it through perhaps the most contentious election in America’s history.  Though we have a “winner,” suffice to say that we remain deeply divided as a nation.  I see a definite parallel in Churches today—especially when it comes to our most basic beliefs about […]

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