A friend’s faith journey: Phillip Slaughter, Part 1

Phillip Slaughter is the former campus minister at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He is also a great friend. Phillip has agreed to allow some of his recent posts about his faith journey be used here as guest blog. I encourage you to read along. This is the first of three entries.

Choosing Thanksgiving

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A personal retreat

I had never heard of the concept of a personal retreat until 1996. I had served as a campus minister in Arkansas for about a year when my boss encouraged me to take one. When I asked what he meant, he described it as simply a few days to be quiet, to rest, to pray, read and enjoy my relationship with God. I remember distinctly his encouragement to not get frustrated if I fell asleep on the first day and felt like I’d “wasted” a day. He said that sleep may be the most spiritual thing I do initially on a retreat.

Honoring God-fearers

Last year, I wrote a post about those who "fear the Lord" from Psalm 15:4. I came across the post in my TimeHop feed today, and strangely enough, I'd read Psalm 15 this morning. I thought it appropriate to revisit the post and mention some of the people who have inspired me this past year.

In response to a writing prompt

I was recently given a writing prompt challenge. I had to "Write a script to give telemarketers to sell plastic pooper-scoopers." It's rare that I get an excuse to write about poop, so I took up the challenge.

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