The end of the first half found this Patriots fan resigned to  a loss; after all, no team had ever overcome such a lead to win a SuperBowl.  When the second half opened with yet another Falcon touchdown and the… Continue reading

Nearly a decade ago I bought a little sports car that provided me much fun for several years. One day it was parked on the front lawn and I was putting a coat of wax on it. A neighbor walked… Continue reading

The report on “CBS This Morning” (2/1/2017) found that American families with kids suffer from an inverted kind of social order in which the kids are in charge.  Exhausted parents run all weekend long from one activity to another, sending… Continue reading

How would I live without the ‘communion of the saints’ as we say in our creed? The network of friends and associates with whom I do life and ministry is as essential to my well-being as the air I breathe!… Continue reading

When I am in a group of strangers who inquire about my vocation, with a smile I tell them I sell life insurance. Few things kill a conversation more quickly than revealing that I am a pastor of a local… Continue reading

How’s your race going, friend?  If you are in one of those times when it looks like a straight level stretch as far as the eye can see, thank God, and keep going. Those are sweet times! Some of you… Continue reading

I looked at myself in the mirror for a long time wondering, “Are all those critics right? Are those life-long convictions just ‘old man’ stuff, worn out, tired ideas to be tossed?”  Such introspection is not an entirely a bad… Continue reading

  “Pastor, you just don’t know how difficult life is,” the voice on the phone told me. The caller was in a tough spot, going through many trials in life. She went on to tell me how much she envied… Continue reading

I was tired after several days that were full of sadness and conflict; not my own, but problems that people brought to their pastor.  Let me interrupt this thought to tell you that the call of God to serve His… Continue reading

Navigating recent months and political events with so many friends who are people of strong and varied convictions makes life something of minefield. Even a casual comment has the potential of causing a rift that can take a long time… Continue reading