(Sept. 5, 2019) I often forget what a blessing friends are. I focus more on the blessing of family, my wife, my children and grandchildren, on the blessings of my relationship with the Lord, but I often fail to...
Priorities. We all have them. Or, at least we should if we want to function and be productive. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines priorities as, (1) : the quality of being prior: (2) precedence in date or p...
(July 8, 2019) — When you’re the son of a bigger-than-life Gospel legend, you’ve worked with Elvis, and you’re currently leading a dynasty that began in 1934, there’s a chance you might have a good st...
I guess it is inevitable. If you travel long enough and put thousands of miles on a bus every year, something will eventually go wrong or quit working! Just such an event took place for the Blackwood Brothers a...
I would think that any gospel singer you ask would say that the hardest thing about traveling is leaving your family at home. Obvious exceptions would be the Collingsworth Family, Jeff & Sheri Easter, the H...
As I write this (Jan. 31st) much of the nation is in a deep freeze of cold weather. The high in Chicago today is -12! And yet, this weekend they’re predicting 64 decrees in Nashville!
We spent two weeks of...
As I’m writing this we’ve just come through the 2018 Christmas season. I don’t know if you’re like me, but Christmas for me starts the day after Thanksgiving. I start playing Christmas music as soon as ...
My favorite Christmas essay was written by my friend Bill Hatcher in 1999. I share it with you in hopes that it will minister to you as much as it has me. — Billy Blackwood
“And she brought forth her f...