On the Jericho Road

The place where Michael Ruffin asks questions, raises issues, makes observations and seeks help in trying to figure it all out so that together we can maybe, just maybe, do something about it.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Where Have Y'all Been?

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I was twelve or so when a friend of mine who built model rockets invited several of us to witness a launch. So we gathered at what used to b...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

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[This article appears this week in my hometown newspaper, The Barnesville (GA) Herald-Gazette ] I admit that I may not be the ideal person...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Giving Tuesday

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Here is a recap of the last few days: November 28 was Thanksgiving Day (I hope you had a good day of family, friends, and food); November 2...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Never Young Again

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'I’ll never forget the moment when I heard the news. It was November of 1963; I was a five-year-old boy two months into my educational ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Advents

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I have greatly enjoyed my alma mater’s return to the gridiron this year. Going into this Saturday’s Homecoming game against the Stetson Hat...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

150 Years Ago Today. At Gettysburg ...

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposi...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Breaking Things

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I am not terribly clumsy and yet I have a way of breaking things. Now, I am not the artist that my cousin Stan was. When we were boys, I dr...
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Michael Ruffin
Husband to Debra; father of Joshua and Sara; grandfather of Sullivan and Isabella. Curriculum Editor with Smyth & Helwys Publishing in Macon, GA. Graduate of Mercer University (1978) & Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1982 & 1986). Writer, preacher, teacher, & songwriter.
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