I have often wondered where my parents came up with my name. My legal name is Jimmy Ray Muston. It is not “James” or “Jim,” but “Jimmy.” It says so, right on my birth certificate. Throughout my life, people have mistakenly assumed that my “given name” must be James. Yet, for whatever reason, my parents named me Jimmy Ray. To the best of my knowledge, there are no other family members with a similar name. My wife has done extensive research into my genealogy, without discoveri

The jumbled mess on my desk reflects the varied interests in my life. Underneath the glass cover are pictures of children, youth and families from my twenty-four years as pastor of this great church. I currently have two calendars on my desk. One is from my friend, Pastor Joseph Shin, and the Cordova Korean Baptist Church. The other is a “2017 Prayer Calendar” from the North American Mission Board. On one far corner of my desk is a portfolio that stays full of papers that I n

The t-shirt that I wore to the gym this morning drew a lot of attention. Imprinted on the shirt was the phrase: “Strength Training: Mind, Body, and Spirit.” In small print below this heading was a portion of Ephesians 4:16, which reads: “The whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” Whenever I wear this shirt, it presen