A group in Germany was close to a new Guinness world record, when it all came tumbling down. Literally. The group of 20 people was attempting to break the record for toppling the most mini-dominoes. These dominoes are about the size of a fingernail and, as such, take a great deal of care to set up in those long lines. Over the course of about two weeks, the group had set up over 600,000 of these tiny dominoes and were very close to their record-breaking attempt. When a fly landed on one of the dominoes, toppling virtually the entirety of their work. [Source] A fly! Can you imagine the frustration? There…

Maybe you remember a hymn in the songbook in the back of the pew in front of you entitled “Church in the Wildwood.” If you do recall it, this means right at this very moment your brain is streaming, “oh-oh, come…come…come…come…” Yes, that’s the song! I remember thinking there is absolutely nothing biblical about this hymn. It’s about going down to a little brown church in the dale. Haven’t we preached over and over again that the church is the people and not a place? And aren’t we supposed to keep ourselves from being tied to a building? That being said, this article is actually a tribute to the churches…

I know that we live in the digital age. I understand that we can communicate much more quickly with a lot more people via email, social media, etc. than we could just a few years ago. At the same time, I am just old-fashioned enough to believe that there is something to be said for taking the time and making the effort to actually write a note, card, or letter and put it in the mail.  There may be some who are reading this who believe I may have another reason to prefer the old-fashioned way. They may think that I get some sort of perverse pleasure from knowing that the recipients…

How many times when we were children did we ask our parents when something was going to happen or be over with? “How much longer until we get to grandma and papa’s house?” “How much longer until we eat?” “How much longer do we have to sit here?” “How much longer until we leave?” How much longer do we have to stay at this place?” And we can just hear our mother or father answer back, “Not too much longer. It will all be over in a little while.” As human beings, we are constantly moving to and planning the next thing. We are impatient and we don’t like waiting.…

I don’t know when these words will appear on the website. I’m not even sure they will appear. I’m not the one responsible for starting the website, nor am the one who schedules when various posts appear. As many of you know, the man behind A Legacy of Faith is our son, Adam Faughn.  He will be the one to decide when (or if) you ever read these words. All I know is that they are being written on July 1, 2018. In fact, they are being written fairly early in the morning. I had a little trouble sleeping, so I thought I’d try to share some of my thoughts on this day. This day may…