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.
Little things are extremely important. We tend to live in a world that is bent on bigness yet all the big things are made up of a lot of little things.
A little mistake can be costly. In the New Testament James writes about how a little match can set a whole forest on fire. A [...]
Marvin Byrd is a middle school teacher at Lilburn Middle School in Lilburn, Georgia. He is 51-years-old.
A few years ago a 45-year-old teacher by the name of William Johnson visited the school on a job interview. It was Byrd that gave Johnson a tour of the school. They found out that they both had a [...]
Investments today demand more personal attention than most anytime in recent years. People are keeping close tabs on their investments.
You have invested in the John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries. You have made investments in prayer and financial resources. I want to give you a snapshot of your investment during the first six months of 2010.
Through [...]
Should we say “Under God” in our Pledge and should our coins bear the motto “In God We Trust”? That is a legal debate in our present day.
Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow entered three law suits saying that God should be removed from the Pledge and the coins. He says the phrase alienates non-religious people in [...]
It was the best pool party I ever attended. It was a party for children and their parents to celebrate the miraculous event in 5-year-old Lily Murphy’s life.
Three weeks ago today she was attending a birthday party with many of her friends and adults. The kids were swimming and all of a sudden one of [...]