Many Christians almost instinctively recoil from the word, “pleasure,” as though anything enjoyable or fun must be sinful, too. Then, too, many equate pleasure with drunkenness or immorality forgetting the pure pleasure that can be found in a well prepared… Continue reading

Just as I was ready to slip into a dress shirt from my closet I noticed a couple of stains on it. About 99.5% of the shirt was clean and free of wrinkles, but the two spots smaller than a… Continue reading

Compiled from excerpts from Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas (Zondervan). Up until about 350 years ago, the only universally celebrated Christian holiday was Easter. Christ’s birth was an important part in the Bible but since no date is… Continue reading

Standing in the backyard with Sam, the setter, in the darkness just before the dawn was an awesome experience today. High winds roared in the trees, bending even the thick branches. It was as though an unseen hand shook each… Continue reading

I am in danger of ‘burn out.’ Three decades of preaching and pastoral care has left me a little frayed at the edges! Any work that includes ongoing care for people’s needs can eat away at the core of the… Continue reading

The Saints defeated the Pats soundly last night; outplayed them in every way. From 2001 to the last season, fans of the New England team got used to their Pats win; almost assuming they would find a way, even when… Continue reading

During the 1970’s, the Second Coming dominated life in evangelical and Pentecostal churches. “Rapture” fever infected most of the Believers I knew. Remember those awful movies – “Thief in the Night” and “Distant Thunder”? They scared the sin out of… Continue reading

About 6 weeks ago, I learned that there was some abnormality in my body that needed further exploration. Yesterday the doctor told me that my biopsy results were all good, no cancer. I am deeply grateful, praising God. I should… Continue reading

Connie Schultz writes a column that appears in my local newspaper. She is a persuasive and provocative feminist. Today, she loosed her verbs on members of Congress who wish to restrict the use tax dollars to fund abortion. Schultz adopts… Continue reading

The vise of government bureaucracy tightened around the little family. False accusations, broken promises, and abused power destroyed their home, brought financial ruin, driving them to the edge of sanity. As we talked the woman asked, “Why would people do… Continue reading