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Good morning!Just a couple of hours work at our nearly goodbye Albuquerque, NM home.Closing tomorrow. Turn keys over to new owners.Hit the road Wednesday, at 6 am. Head to Nacogdoches, Texas. Closing on our new home (new to us – 17 years since it was custom built) on June 6. A very warm send offContinue reading “A day closer to new assignment.”

I read the following post from Lucas J. Mather on Facebook this morning. The post was dated May 23, 2018. The post continues to add comments. May 2017 was when I left the classroom at Hardin Simmons University for the last time. Dr. Mather writes, “I seemed to sense the Lord say to me todayContinue reading “Your steps are ordered…”

Two weeks ago I asked for those who would join me in praying for the sale of our house and for our potential move. So, here is an update. We bought a home in Lufkin, Texas. 20 miles from Tanya’s hometown, in Nacogdoches. So, the first of June Tanya and I are going back toContinue reading “We’re moving!”

I’m asking 7 intercessors to pray with me for 7 days. Tanya and I are returning to Nacogdoches, Texas. We left there 43 years ago. In many ways and for many years we have experienced the wilderness. There is much to say about this. And I will write about it in my book later this year.Continue reading “March in prayer around our Jericho”

It’s a most interesting year. Aren’t they all? Covid in January. Tanya, my wife, covid in February. Dr. Leon van Rooyen in our home, speaking in our church, awarding my Doctor of Ministry in March. Trip to Texas seeking the Lord’s direction about moving back to Texas that also was in March to early April.Continue reading “Selling our home. Moving back to Texas”

Proof copy of my book.This is the combined four parts under one cover.Paperback will be out soon. The “real” cover is still with my designer and niece, Jessica Marie Cole.Coming soon!

From two years ago, March 23, 2020. “In three short months, just like He did with the plagues of Egypt, God has allowed everything we worship to be taken away. I can imagine God saying, “You want to worship athletes? I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians? I will shut downContinue reading “Did we learn anything?”

Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this! Wait a minute. Several years ago, my wonderful wife and partner, Tanya Gregory Potter, asked me to post what I’ve lived through and seen in my life. She asked this of me at the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic. I was 3 when Pearl Harbor happened. Shortly after,Continue reading “A year (several) like no other. Or maybe not.”

FEBRUARY 22, 2022 Episode 13 — Write the Book God Gave You: Special Guest 83 Year Old Dr. Paul Potter, Ph.D., retired Gypsy Professor and Spiritual Wanderer LUCAS J. MATHER 0 Dr. Paul Potter takes us through some twists and turns, disappointments and discontents, of his long career. He’s 83 as of this recording, even thoughContinue reading “From Dr Mather”

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH. Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have aContinue reading “Breathe”