The chaplain is a wonderful lady, filled with graciousness, but when she offered her prayer in the name of the “mystery in you and the mystery in me,” I just had to smile. In another public prayer, she gonged her… Continue reading

Impressing Daddy Selah, our grand-daughter, is just one year old, but she’s already tuned in on how to please her Daddy.  When she gets his eye, she dances for him, smiling at his words of praise. Though she cannot explain… Continue reading

Loves like  a hurricane The man’s body told the story. His shoulders slumped, his eyes seldom left the ground. No terrible tragedy had befallen him. He was not carrying anything beyond the disappointments and responsibilities that are our common lot!… Continue reading

A few years ago I read about a simple test administered to children that was fairly accurate in predicting how successful they would be later in their lives.   A single piece of candy was placed in front of them on… Continue reading

Throw in a little ‘Jesus’ for flavor The ‘rat race’ is unending.  Grab a shower while thinking through the day. Get the kids some breakfast and off to school. Drive to the office, sort through email, voicemail, and yesterday’s unfinished… Continue reading

Look, Listen- Hear, Obey! Some challenge arises and we wonder, “What are we going to do?” With that we are off and running, scrambling to assemble resources, putting together our strategies. What’s wrong with that?  Nothing, except that as Christians,… Continue reading

A friend for all times To say that Jim’s (not his real name) life had hit a rough spot would be terrible understatement! If it could go wrong for him, it did.  His wife died suddenly, leaving him with 3… Continue reading

An elder in our congregation took the words right out of my mouth when he said, “I want to experience the power and Presence of the Spirit of God!” We were talking about the relative impotence of the church, about… Continue reading

This morning our local newspaper’s headline was about yet another shooting at a local nightclub, a senseless killing that left one dead and only God knows how many families dealing with more tragedy.  As I read it, I reflected about… Continue reading

The film, Saving Private Ryan, released in 1998, open with a scene of a old man walking slowly across a field of white crosses that mark graves of soldiers. When he a grave bearing the name of Captain Miller, he… Continue reading