Simon and Garfunkel released  “Bridge Over Troubled Water” the year that I started high school.  The 60’s brought a kind of revolution to the United States. Civil rights struggles brought riots to the streets. The Vietnam war divided the nation. … Continue reading

In the middle of a mess, when a crisis strikes, do you ever just want to scream, “I quit!”?  In four decades of serving God’s church as a pastor I confess that I have wanted to leave my post on… Continue reading

On my travels over the weekend, I spent a couple of hours at the National Museum of the US Air Force.  Within just a few years of building of the first successful airplane by the Wright brothers,  the Army looked… Continue reading

I looked over the group in the room. There was a lot of pain there: poverty, addiction, multiple failed marriages, a couple of children born without an intact family. I pondered the why of those lives so marred with pain… Continue reading

God loves to bless His kids!  Do you believe that? Throughout the Old Testament wealth was viewed as a blessing given by God. In a passage much misinterpreted, but never the less, full of promise for us, God says “Fear… Continue reading

Monday night I went to bed feeling a good kind of weary; not one created by stress, but coming from real labor.  Bev and I worked together and the  attic got sorted. I carted a load of accumulated junk to… Continue reading

Christians love to post verses of Scripture on social media. I do it!  When a verse encourages me, sometimes I share it on Facebook or send out a Twitter notification.   Christianity Today (April, 2015) reported on the verses most posted. … Continue reading

I love Easter Sunday!  “Up from the grave He arose,” we sang with joy.  “Do you believe?” I challenged those gathered, preaching that Jesus’ Resurrection makes all the difference in how we live, and I do believe! Today is ‘the… Continue reading

On this Good Friday, perhaps we should forego the story of the Cross of Christ.  We have evolved beyond our need for such a bloody story, haven’t we?  Joe and Alice American do not sin anymore.  Oh, we make mistakes. … Continue reading

At the Passover, Jesus told the disciples that His time was near. Fearful words!  Later, on the short walk through the darkness to the olive grove where there was a garden called Gethsemane they tried to sort out their confusion.… Continue reading