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.

Posthumous Baptism by Proxy

There are a lot of people who believe and teach a lot of different things about life and death and eternal life. The answer to the questions about what happens to us when we die is extremely important because we only get one chance at having the right answer! The Mormon Church has been engaged [...]

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How Tall Are You?

Noemi Hernandez has five living children. Her oldest, Edward Nino, is now famous as being recognized as the world’s shortest living man. He is 27 inches tall. That is about the height of a piece of carry-on luggage. “He hasn’t grown since he was 2 years old,” his mother says. He only weighs 22 pounds. [...]

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Don’t Be Late!

One of the big money incentives in professional golf today is the accumulation of points from several tournaments that help you qualify for the FedEx Cup which pays about $10 million. You don’t win the money in one tournament, but over the course of several tournaments. Jim Furyk is an exceptional professional golfer. He was [...]

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Laborers Together

There is a legend that tells how one day the Carpenter’s tools had a conference. Brother Hammer was in the chair. The meeting had informed him that he must leave, because he was too noisy. He said, “If I am to leave this shop, Brother Gimlet must go too; he is so insignificant that he [...]

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