Monday I visited my Mom’s home. When I arrived, I walked right in with a yell announcing my arrival! Going to the refrigerator, I looked for something to eat. I sat down at her computer and checked my email. I… Continue reading

In a recent meeting with the leadership team of the church, my temper overcame good judgment and a good friend stepped in to save me from myself. “I don’t think we need to go there,” he said firmly! I can… Continue reading

Americans are impressed by more, big, and famous I regret that I spent too much of my life measuring my own ‘success’ as a pastor by the number of people I preached to on Sunday morning. But, I am not… Continue reading

Summertime means steaks, grilled to perfection, seasoned just right. T-bone’s are not always affordable so a cheaper cut of meat sometimes finds its way onto the grill, but I have found a way to compensate. It’s called marinade. A blend… Continue reading

Some of you will remember the country song by Tom T. Hall that said, “Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin’. Me and Jesus, got it all worked out. Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin’. We don’t… Continue reading

Monuments are everywhere. Names of the great are attached to buildings, bridges, airports, and roadways. Companies bear the name of their founders. Let’s face it. Everybody wants to be somebody. I don’t know that I want anything named for me,… Continue reading

He was dressed in his military uniform, neatly pressed, carefully presented. But, there was a big problem; I was looking at a corpse! Oh, I could see from his features who he was. Yet, there was no sparkle of laughter,… Continue reading

Magicians fascinate me, not because I think they can really make people float on air or cause the Statue of Liberty to disappear with a wave of their hands, but because they convince me to suspend my reasonable mind for… Continue reading

It seemed to me that my motives were in question. Anger welled up in me, surging almost uncontrollably, and as it did, reality receded! What I saw, what I heard, even my thought processes, became skewed by my need to… Continue reading

Values and ideas are ever changing. How humanity understands the world we live in is much different today than it was even 50 years ago, and radically different than it was 500 years ago. New issues arise that challenge us… Continue reading