Bev and I were blessed to travel to Israel back in 1999. The trip was one of the highlights of our lives, walking the ground where the stories of the Bible took place, standing where Jesus prayed, walking Mt. Carmel… Continue reading

“Well Dad, it’s been a year. What would you tell somebody in your place about grief?” Sean asked me over breakfast. A little later, walking on a South Florida beach, I kept thinking about that question. What have I learned… Continue reading

“Just think, son!” is a line that is used by every parent at one time or another especially during that transition time from child to adult that we call ‘teen age.’ Failure to understand consequences, is a nearly universal trait.… Continue reading

Yesterday I took a keyboard to Good Shepherd Christian Academy, the school that is associated with our church, for the weekly chapel. The students, especially the little ones, love when I play for them. Their little eyes sparkled as they… Continue reading

Buzz! It’s what happens when something catches on, gains attention, and creates anticipation.  Nothing helps a local business like creating a conversation that spreads as in “Hey, have you been to that coffee shop down on Clematis? You have to… Continue reading

Christmas is a season when we try to focus on joy, rightly so. The story of a Babe in Manger catches our imagination. The songs of angels in the sky makes us want to sing, too. Wise men who come… Continue reading

  I love giving gift at Christmas. I’m not all that good at it, but it is fun to try. Bev, my late wife, was the a master of gifting! She never just went shopping to  ‘get a gift.’   She… Continue reading

Recently I discovered that it was railroads that brought the concept of ‘time zones’ to the US about 150 years ago.  Up until then, each town set its own clock by the sun which was not a problem when people… Continue reading

Do you ever feel like an ‘outsider?’  As conversation swirls around you, do you ever wonder, “where do I fit into this scene?”  I do!  I can connect in social settings that are shaped around my role as a pastor… Continue reading

I am deeply suspicious of institutional power!   A person who is handed authority without any checks or balances in place is almost certain to eventually become a tyrant. History tells us that ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”… Continue reading