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Author: Ronnie McBrayer

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REPLACEMENT, NOT REVOLUTION

October 11, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Last year Paramount Pictures brought to the big screen the remarkable movie entitled, “Flight,” starring Denzel Washington. Denzel played the role of Captain Whip Whitaker, a pilot with the fictional South Jet Airlines. ... Read more
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SETTLE DOWN

September 27, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
“Maybe it’s time for you to settle down.” Those were my words to a friend who was seeking a bit of help with his unhappy life. It’s not that his life was an out-and-out disaster. He had all the trappings of contentment: ... Read more
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A CONSPIRACY OF KINDNESS

September 13, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
An ancient story often retold but never without relevance, has one of the Egyptian Pharaohs making a strange request of his priests. As the sacrificial ox was being slain at the altar, the Pharaoh demands that the holy men bring to him the holiest ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

CATCHING UP

August 30, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
“Be sure your sins will find you out.” That’s what the Good Book says, and my mother quoted those words to me a lot while I was growing up. In fact, she once arranged for the public demonstration of this proverb. I’m just ... Read more
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STAY INSIDE YOUR OWN HULA-HOOP

August 30, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Here is an ironclad prescription for personal misery: Attempt to keep everything, every person, every detail, and every moving part of your life, family, job, health, or schedule in precise working order as you would have it, without modification. ... Read more
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TAKE IT OUTSIDE

August 30, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
It was the early 1980s. It was Texas. It was December. It was a Southern Baptist church. It is customary in Southern Baptist churches to take up an offering during the Advent season to support missionaries overseas. This collection is called ... Read more
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THE RABBI’S GIFT

August 16, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
There is an old story about a monastery that fell on hard times. Once it had thrived, but over the years it had become so decimated that only a few old monks were left living in an even older house. People no longer came there to be nourished spiritually ... Read more
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NO MORE SHOW-AND-TELL

August 2, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
In American literature, the biggest religious pretender of all time is probably Sinclair Lewis’ Elmer Gantry. While most of us have not read the book, we may remember the movie. The film was a 1960 masterpiece starring Burt Lancaster ... Read more
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FIGHT ON

July 19, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
For the last several months I have been keeping a regular appointment with an oncologist. I’m not the one receiving care, however. My friend has lung cancer, and I have been accompanying her as she receives weekly doses of chemotherapy. ... Read more
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SEEING STARS

July 19, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
My wife attended Lutheran Catechism. My neighbor went to an Adventist Sabbath class. My college friend was enrolled in a Yeshiva. And I attended Sunday School. I suppose these are all different names for a similar religious rite of passage: ... Read more
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CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY

July 5, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.” That is a centuries old phrase from William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “Hamlet.” Going back to your high school English class, you might remember that ... Read more
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A SAINT GOES MARCHING IN

July 5, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Years ago my oldest son asked me a question: “What is a saint?” When you’re driving along with a numb mind at day’s end, as I was, that’s not the type of question you are prepared to answer. So I splattered out, ... Read more
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A SPECIAL WELCOME

June 7, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
I’ve been involved in ministry or “church work” for over two decades. Don’t let my youthful persona fool you; I’m now closer to drawing Social Security than I am to drawing Crayola inspired pictures on construction ... Read more
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SCHOOL’S OUT

May 24, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Curtain climbers. Yard monkeys. Cherubs. Whippersnappers. Ankle biters. Urchins. I don’t know what you call them, but our children have been turned loose on the world. School is out for summer (at least it ends this week here where I ... Read more
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THE WISDOM OF SIMPLICITY

May 10, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
In Paulo Coelho’s brilliant little book, The Alchemist, the author tells of a young lad sent by his father to a wise man to discover the secret of happiness. The wise man lived in a magnificent, faraway castle complete with sweet music, ... Read more
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JUST HANG ON

April 26, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
When I was a bit younger and a bit braver, a group of friends and I shot the rapids on the Ocoee River in southeast Tennessee. The Ocoee, which I think is the Cherokee word for “terrified rafter” is a world-class whitewater adventure. ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

WALK ON

April 12, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
In ancient Jerusalem there was a pool of water called Bethesda. The location served as an impromptu hospital ward, a collection point for the sick, blind, and paralyzed. These infirmed went to Bethesda to receive a hoped for healing – not from ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND

April 12, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Now that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been installed as Pope Francis, I must say that I could not be happier with the papal conclave’s choice. Not that the College of Cardinals would bother to ask my opinion on the matter – I’m ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

HOW FAR IS HEAVEN?

March 1, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Jesus never described the gospel as an escape hatch, whereby we can exchange his current world for a spiritual retreat far away. Never. Rather, his gospel was: “God’s kingdom is here! It is now! Heaven has come to earth!” ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

February 15, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
English scholar N.T. Wright uses a powerful example of how our lives fit into the big picture of what God is doing in the world: It is that of a stonemason working on a great cathedral. When these architectural wonders were built during medieval ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

MINDING OUR BUSINESS

February 15, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
In these days when it seems everything has become angry polarization, it’s not uncommon to hear someone in the heat of an argument invoke the familiar words of Jesus: “Judge not, so that you are not judged.” These words are ... Read more
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

February 1, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
Do you know the three most frightening words in the English language? “Some assembly required.” You order something online; a toy or a bicycle for your children. Or you go to a big box store to get a grill or piece of patio furniture. ... Read more
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MORE THAN WE CAN STAND

February 1, 2013 Ronnie McBrayer
In the previous generation there were at least three great Southern-born prophets: Martin Luther King, Jr., Clarence Jordan, and Will Campbell. Campbell is the only one still living. He is nearing his 90th year, and is a self-proclaimed prickly, ... Read more
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WHERE LOVE BEGINS

December 7, 2012 Ronnie McBrayer
According to the Pew Research Center’s recently released report, a full one-fifth of Americans are now unattached to religion, and the Protestant majority is no longer that; Protestant Christians now make up less than 50% of the population. ... Read more
Local Opinion Editorials 

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL GROW

November 16, 2012 Ronnie McBrayer
Bishop Desmond Tutu will celebrate his 81st birthday soon. The accomplishments of his eight decades are well-known and many. We know the story: For most of his life he has labored in the racial tension and trenches of South Africa, working to ... Read more
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