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 Queen of England was shunned by the King of Tennis! He had a more pressing agenda than meeting with the Queen.
Rafael Nadal won the last major tennis tournament at the French Open. He also has won at Wimbledon. He is a man who is focused on winning again this year. His focus of purpose [...]
He didn’t win the most points, but he won the most important point – the last point.
John Isner was playing an opening round tennis match at Wimbledon against Nicolas Mahut of France. They began the match on Tuesday and each player won two sets. That put them in the deciding fifth set. At Wimbledon there [...]
Names are important. Our name becomes our identity. It is how we answer and respond.
People keep statistics on what new babies are named. In 2009 Isabella was the top baby name for girls and Jacob was the top name for boys. The Social Security Administration indicates that about 22,000 girls born in 2009 were named [...]
Life has its ups and downs. At some points in life we are on the mountaintop – sometimes we are walking through the valley. Where we are in life at this moment is important – but it is not as important as our attitude and actions toward our situation.
Yesterday, June 10, I was in the [...]
The baseball world was shocked this past Wednesday when a historical moment turned into a hysterical moment.
During the last month baseball had witnessed two perfect games. That has never before happened in the history of baseball in one month. On Wednesday we almost had a third perfect game. It involved the Detroit Tigers, who have [...]
Listed below is a brief recap of our ministry during the month of May.
Preached a revival at the Wallsboro United Methodist Church
Preached at Capitol Heights United Methodist Church
Preached at Baggetts Chapel United Methodist Church in Evergreen, AL
Preached at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church
Preached at Church of the Living Waters at Stillwaters on Lake Martin
Conducted two [...]