Author: Dr. Philip W. Turner

• This is My Story, This is My Song

  Most Christians have their favorite hymns.  Growing up in church most people are introduced to the great hymns of the… Read more.

• Just Breathe

  In July, I will enter my 30th year as the pastor of Pine Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia.  In… Read more.

• Larger Than Life

  We’ve probably all heard the phrase “larger than life”  when describing an individual. If you describe someone as larger than… Read more.

• Softly and Tenderly

  If you grew up in the Baptist Church as I did, the hymn Softly and Tenderly was sung often.  The… Read more.

• Be Still

  As a child growing up, I was not one who could sit still very long.  I needed to be moving… Read more.

• Following Jesus, Yet Leaving the Church Behind

  Because of the COVID-19 virus, it has been 8 weeks since my church has been able to gather together for… Read more.

• A Heavy Heart

  During this time of the year, it is difficult to walk into stores such as Target and Walmart and not… Read more.

• A Broken Nativity

  During the season of Advent there is always an emergence of people’s nativity sets in people’s homes.  These nativity displays… Read more.

• Coming and Going

  I think most people of faith have their favorite Bible verses that they turn to often for guidance, direction, and… Read more.

• Wardrobe Malfunction

  I can remember a time when I never heard of the phrase “wardrobe malfunction.”  It is a relatively new phrase… Read more.

• What’s The Plan?

  Someone once said, “If you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans.”  The statement suggests that our… Read more.

• Decision Time

  If you think about our lives, we spend a great deal of our time making decisions. From the moment we… Read more.

• Caller I.D.

  Every day I receive quite a lot of telephone calls on my cell phone.  After being alerted by the ringtone,… Read more.

• A Facebook Faith

  There probably isn’t a day which goes by, that when I look at Facebook, that I see someone asking me… Read more.

• Beautiful Feet

  There are 206 bones in the human body.  The human foot has 26.  I imagine that God knew we needed… Read more.

• Love is Greater Than Hate

  This past week the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas came to Richmond, Virginia and staged one of its protests… Read more.

• Wintry Mix

  I have always been a snow lover as long as I can remember.  I love to watch it fall, the… Read more.

• Spring Forward

  For a few weeks now I have noticed the days becoming longer.  The long nights of winter are beginning to… Read more.

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  Dust on the Pews

  How many of us have ever dusted a rug?  I’m not talking about running the vacuum over it, but instead… Read more.

• Identity Theft

  The phrase identity theft was not part of the English language until 1964, oddly the year I was born. Since… Read more.