Welcome to the Blog page! I will use this page to share brief messages, which I hope will be informative, inspirational, and challenging. I will post several messages a month on this page. I also will share some experiences in my ministry opportunities. I would invite any responses to the things posted here. That response could be sent by e-mail at johned@johnedmathison.org. For more information about John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries, visit our website at www.johnedmathison.org.
The purpose of the post office is to deliver the message that people want to send via mail. I believe the price for each message is going to be going up again soon. Sometimes it takes a long time for the post office to get the message from one person to another. A letter detailing [...]
I had a tremendous experience Valentine’s weekend as I was invited to speak at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Conference in Pine Needles, North Carolina. Danny and Anne Graham Lotz served as the hosts of this weekend. One of our board members Gaeton Lorino and his wife Cindy went with Lynn and me. It was [...]
Oftentimes people tell me that God did not answer their prayers. I believe that God answers every prayer—sometimes He answers them in ways that are different from what we expect. Prayer is not trying to bend God’s will to our will, but rather bending our will to His will. He knows what is best. He [...]
Last week I wrote about the relationship of luck to hard work and God’s sovereignty. One aspect of experiencing miraculous events is the element of risk. Edith L. Russell was a survivor of the Titanic disaster on April 14, 1912. 1,513 people died—there were 711 survivors. Miss Russell was said to be one of the [...]