We are fascinated with the future.  We worry, we plan, we project. Some read their horoscope or use the occult to try to peer over time’s edge. I wonder what 2014 has in store for me and pray, quite honestly,… Continue reading

A trophy is “anything serving as evidence of a victory, valor, or skill.”   A few years ago, at the Pinewood Derby sponsored by our church’s boys group, I won one.  I built a small car to race down a long track. … Continue reading

Ed Koch, 3 term mayor of New York City, often asked the people around him, “How’m I doing?” He did all right as a politician, leading a great city and winning multiple elections. I wonder if Koch wanted a substantive… Continue reading

Come, running! Think you’re unworthy of worshipping this Christmas? Is today one tinged with shades of shame? Has another demeaned or criticized you, their words stuck like a thorn deep in your mind? Jesus is no respecter of persons. The… Continue reading

How to enjoy Christmas This email arrived in my inbox yesterday. “I have to say that this Christmas season has been great this year. I look forward to Tony’s (name changed) email.  I would like to mentor him in his… Continue reading

I am convinced that both of the following statements are true despite the apparent contradiction:   God rules the affairs of my life; and I have the freedom to cooperate or resist His will.  We are not puppets and yet we… Continue reading

One of the accusations hurled at Christianity by those who do not believe is that “terrible things have been done in the name of God.”  Yes, that is true.  Many wars were waged in God’s Name.  With religious conviction some… Continue reading

I was at the Jersey shore, enjoying a day at the ocean, about 12 years of age and carefree.  Playing in water that was about waist deep, I suddenly found myself in the grip of a hidden force that pulled… Continue reading

Yes, it is a real word and it means:  “contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation.”  (Merriam Webster Dictionary)  Sometimes we jokingly call it:  “Navel gazing.”  I don’t recommend the practice, frankly.   You could walk into a terribly… Continue reading

That there should be boundaries or limits on sex between consenting adults strikes many people as silly. Teens are seldom encouraged to wait until marriage to be sexually active. We might give a little pep talk about ‘waiting,’ but does… Continue reading