Category: Memoirs

A Life Like a Norman Rockwell Painting Memoir by Michael Usey May 2, 2015 Ever heard of the mighty men of David?  They were the OT version of the Avengers. They were known as the Gibborim and are described in READ MORE

A Force of Nature: Inez Stone Ryals Memoir By Michael Usey April 18, 2015 One of the ways that we here at College Park seek to follow Jesus is in the empowerment of women as full partners with men as READ MORE

Memoir by Michael S. Usey March 29, 2015 What I like about Christianity is that it is primarily a faith about right practice rather right belief.  The two are intertwined, naturally.  What one believes leads to how one acts.  But READ MORE

Peggy Has Left the Building Memoir By Michael Usey January 21, 2015 This past Sunday I listened to Peggy’s four adult children and spouses (along with many of her nine grandchildren) talk about her influence on their lives. As they READ MORE

She Hath Done What She Could 29 July 2014 Memoir by Michael Usey One time when Ruth, Susan’s mother, was in Atlanta, she worshiped at Inman Park United Methodist Church.  During the service she spied the detail from Martha Beall READ MORE

Sewing Circle: A Memoir for Marie Chambers Memoir by Michael Usey 19 June 2014 Darcie, Marie’s daughter, picked the psalms that we heard read this evening, and they are well chosen.  Psalm 23 is well known to those of us READ MORE

Her Own Woman: A Memoir for Rozette Huckabee Memoir By Michael Usey February 1, 2014 One of the most excellent but subtle themes of our Bible is the significant role of ordinary people in salvation history. Read the Bible even casually READ MORE

Memoir by Michael Usey 28 December 2013 It’s a hard and painful thing to bury a friend who dies unexpectedly at 41. Most of us saw Chris just 10 days ago at our Christmas banquet, with Christopher in tow, the READ MORE

With the Old Breed: Earl Edison Ryals  Memoir by Michael Usey August 24, 2012 Clarence Barton, one of my ministry supervisors in seminary, told me once that in every city there are people who are the quiet servant leaders of READ MORE

John A. Taylor II: Jesus’ Urbane Disciple Memoir by Michael Usey May 16, 2012 John was a one-of-a-kind.  Or at least I’m tempted to think so, but then I wonder, did Jesus himself have an urbane disciple like our John READ MORE

Joseph Albert Haymes Jr.: A Faithful Attention to Life’s Sweet Details (Peggy Haymes’ father) Memoir by Michael S. Usey April 9, 2012 How best are we to live this one brief life that we’ve been given?  This is the unstated READ MORE

More Than: A Memoir for Carolyn Wheless Memoir by Lewis Wheless & Michael Usey Feb 3, 2012 Carolyn’s favorite bible verse was Roman’s 8:37, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us.” It’s READ MORE

And the Tree was Happy: A Memoir for Mary Schwartz Memoir by Michael Usey 13 May 2011 I don’t know what being a real person means to you, being authentically human—there are so many different ideas about how to live READ MORE

Being Fully Human Memoir by Michael Usey September 9, 2010 Why are we humans here? Well, one good answer is from the Westminster catechism: What is the chief purpose of humans? The purpose for humans is to glorify God and READ MORE

Every Good Gift: Joan Stevens Ferris Michael Usey August 4, 2010 When Joan Stevens Ferris passed away this past Sunday night, she had a couple of bible passages marked in her devotional book by her bedside. The one I found READ MORE

Playing with Fire: A Memoir for Capt. Mitzi Rice Memoir by Michael Usey March 6, 2010 My first experience with Mitzi was through her reputation. One of my sons came home from Sternberger Elementary when he was in first grade READ MORE

Memoir by Michael S. Usey September 19, 2009 Psalm 19 is one of the Bible’s most elegant poems. The psalmist moves from the majesty of the universe to the splendor of God’s law. At first glance, it looks like the READ MORE

An Amazing Woman in an Ordinary Way Memoir by Michael Usey April 21, 2009 As you probably know The Book of Proverbs is a collection of sayings and wisdom poems that found its present form after the return of the READ MORE

Better to Wear Out Than to Rust: Gerry Fox Haymes Memoir by Michael Usey February 6, 2009 I have been pastor at College Park in Greensboro for 15 years, and for all that time, Gerry and Joe have visited about READ MORE