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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Going to different churches has given me the opportunity to meet many, many interesting people. I am so impressed with how God has strategically placed people in specific churches that have such an impact.
I recently was in Danville, Virginia. Let me share about two people that I met there.
The reason I was invited to Danville [...]