So, there is this big build-up to Easter! Our Christian hope reaches full crescendo in the declaration that “Christ is risen!” with the response, “Risen, indeed!” Now it’s time to ask, what difference will all those songs and sermons make… Continue reading

Since my Dad died, I am trying to slow down and smell the flowers a bit more. Spending a year with a man whose cancer gradually reduced him to total helplessness, made me realize that most of what I was… Continue reading

When I drive my Miata with the soft top up there is a blind spot just over my left shoulder that can make lane changes hazardous! Just a few degrees of my peripheral vision is obscured but it is enough… Continue reading

Last week’s news out of Des Moines was a shocker. A unanimous court declared that Iowa’s law banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional and the judges opened the door for homosexuals to wed. Yesterday Vermont’s legislature over-rode the governor’s veto and put… Continue reading

(What follows is not original with me. The material was originally ‘inspired’ by an editorial written by Alan Nelson, then a pastor in Arizona. If this CWTW offends you, please know I’m not sending it to be mean or to… Continue reading

Way back in the 1980’s, I was a fan of “Hill Street Blues,” a police drama set in the gritty urban streets of America. Just before dismissing his men from the roll call at the beginning of their shift, Sgt.… Continue reading

Almost daily our local newspaper carries reports of crimes of a sexual nature. Today’s edition reported three sex crimes in just our local area; a 60 year old township leader accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old woman, a… Continue reading

Following in Dad’s steps as a pastor has it’s pluses and minuses! Being the pastor of the church where I grew up – definitely interesting! But, more and more, as I age, I hear from people, “You remind me of… Continue reading

Rabbi Naomi Levy repeats the story about a young boy who went into the woods day after day. When his Dad noticed this pattern he inquired, “What do you go out to the woods every day?” The son said, “I… Continue reading

As I walked past the jewelry counter, I saw the sparkle of what I thought were diamonds. Even from a couple of feet away I could not tell that they were not real. Bending over to look I realized that… Continue reading