When I first started this blog site, I named it and structured it with my kids in mind. I thought if I was going to create something online then I wanted to create something that they could eventually take over. I wanted it to be something easy to navigate, wholly independent of itself, and something that if they chose not to engage in it would continue on its own. With that thought in mind “Larsons Blog” was created. It’s a name my kids share and it’s one that was graciously afforded me. I say that because the name Larson isn’t my real last name. It was the last name of the man who raised me. That of Michael James Larson or “Mick” as most people called him.

He was a Pentecostal, fire and brimstone, Pastor. As much as those descriptive words may resonate certain stereotypes of who he was in some people, I guarantee you they don’t fully describe my Pa. My Pa was a man that wasn’t a fan of B.S.; although one could argue that he had some of that of his own. He was a man that I could literally spend hours talking to, and he never seemed to tire of it. I challenged him at every turn. Every chance I got. My head…simply unwilling to let things go…that man simply endured the fervor of my questioning. Sometimes I think of it now and I question how he managed it.

So as I’ve thought about this web site, I thought it only appropriate to include some of what I have left of his work: His sermons. I’ve created a specific “Legacy” tab of them on this website. Which, I have been working on for nearly three weeks now, and I only have five uploaded. I’m not, what you’d call “tech savvy”; so doing this has proven to be quite the undertaking. Apparently, you can’t just upload audio files to Youtube or Rumble; cause those are video platforms, right? And of course, his sermons were recorded on cassette tapes; so downloading them onto my laptop required a special player. At any rate, after numerous tries and fails, I got five uploaded. I have more to upload. But for now, you get five. I originally had aspirations of uploading all of the 30 sermons I have left at one time before I even wrote this. I originally was so excited to write this and felt impatience in getting this project done. Now…now I’ve been sitting here for nearly twenty minutes trying to figure out where to even begin.

40 years later my dads voice is being heard from beyond the grave. He had no clue what the internet even was when he gave these sermons and I guarantee you he would have never imagined that 40 years later his son would be posting them up on the Net with the potential of them being heard all across the globe. The thought of it makes me smile. Just a surreal concept.

The man I saw sitting on the edge of his bed counseling someone over the phone at 1:00 am in the morning. The man you could literally say anything to and he would just look at you with love. He seemed unmoving in his approach. I’ve often wondered how My father would think of me taday; but I’ve also always known…he’d be proud of me. He was never a respecter of persons or cared how you dressed; he was all about what was in the heart of a man. He preached the true message of Christ and he never once expected people to change according to his time. He knew, that people come to Christ and get cleaned up; they don’t clean up and then come ta Christ.

So I have often been asked, “Where do you get this stuff”? “How is it you seem ta know so much about different stuff”? It’s here, in these recordings. Listening to a man stand up on a pulpit preaching to people about how to live a better life…for years. All thru my youth. Here, with the ability to challenge a man who wasn’t afraid to be challenged.

Our methods of delivery are no doubt different. We say things differently. Listening to some of these recordings I kinda wish he was still around…I’d take him ta task on a few things. But I can hear my father in my writings and I can hear my voice in some of his sermons.

And with that I give you the new Legacy tab on this website. I will be uploading more. So check back for new postings. You can go to the “Home” page on this site and click on the Legacy tab shown or you can simply click: HERE

Enjoy! 

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