“You just have to turn off the news and get your eyes on Heaven, Brother.”  My friend’s response was serious. It was part of a conversation about the unrest that is gripping our nation, the polarization over events in Ferguson,… Continue reading

My wife keeps a clean kitchen… and I am glad!  Certain utensils are for food preparation only. They are ‘holy’ in the sense that they are set apart just for that purpose. I am NOT to use the sharp scissors… Continue reading

Just about all of us knows about ‘friends’ that are not who we hoped they might be. Sometimes they walk off when somebody ‘better’ comes along. Some disappear without a reason, leaving calls unanswered. Some use us in their time… Continue reading

Make LOVE the Reason (This thought is a repeat.  People request that ‘Christmas gift thing you wrote last year,’ each year, so here it is.) My wife, Bev, is an amazing gift giver at Christmas. She thinks carefully about what… Continue reading

The newspaper was a full 2” thick, packed with colorful presentations of gifts and gadgets. It’s that season again, the time for spending, buying, late night and early morning shopping.  Eh, what? Yes, Advent has become the celebration of excess,… Continue reading

HAPPY THANKSGIVING “A psalm. For giving thanks. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and… Continue reading

Marie’s face brightened when she saw me come into her room. Age has taken her mental abilities. She does not know my name, but she remembers I am ‘the church man.’   A normal conversation is all but impossible.  She does… Continue reading

It’s a dark world in which we live. Yesterday, a major university suspended all fraternities on campus after a young woman’s horrific account of a 3 hour long sexual assault was published in Rolling Stone magazine. Two years ago, in… Continue reading

Just about every parent comes to a moment of frustration when dealing with a child’s questioning of some rule and goes for that old line – “because I said so.”  We promise ourselves we will not do it, but then… Continue reading

Kenny Rogers made a classic out of a song about an old gambling man who passed along this advice: “You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to walk away, know when to… Continue reading