Many years ago, I just ‘knew’ that I was called to a church in a far away city. An opportunity existed there that was ‘just exactly what I need,’ or so I thought. Everything about it made sense to me!… Continue reading

Are the headlines ever good? Imagine the Daily News plastering the front page with bold type – Majority of Americans report safety and good health. It wouldn’t sell many copies. Instead, the news reports the unusual, the disturbing. Blood and… Continue reading

The story is short but the lesson gets delivered. Here it is.“As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, crying out,“Jesus, Master,… Continue reading

I do not expect to get any “amen” emails in response to this TFTD! What I am about to write will be thought to be almost ‘un-American.’ Here goes: We all should re-think how we celebrate Christmas this year! Why… Continue reading

The talking heads on television are amazing in that they just keep talking, and talking, and talking. Panels of ‘wise men’ inform us of the right course of action for our nation’s ills, each convinced of his superior insights. Have… Continue reading

A swindler is a person who cheats another out of money or property with fraudulent claims. Just about everyday, someone attempts to swindle me. Email arrives from a grieving widow whose late husband accumulated $millions which she now wants to… Continue reading

Applause is as addictive as any drug. Ask any ageing performer or politician. Long after prudence and any semblance of pride would dictate that it was time to get off the stage, they are still appearing, in smaller and smaller… Continue reading

Beauty abounds in God’s Creation. From the colors splashed on the sky, to the span of the view from a mountain peak, to the mesmerizing song of a waterfall, to the engineering of the crystals of a snowflake, to the… Continue reading

Leonard Sweet, in his book The Gospel According to Starbucks (Waterbrook Press, 2007), asks – “Is God a reality to be experienced or a belief to be remembered?” He goes on to point out that the Bible is less a… Continue reading

One of the privileges that a Pastor enjoys is being part of the emotional moments, the crises of life, that happen to those he shepherds. A baby is born and we celebrate. A death occurs and we comfort. Marriage gets… Continue reading