A sign outside of a church proclaimed: Tithe if you love Jesus. Anyone can honk! Yes, it’s a preacher’s idea of a joke. There is a lot of sentimental religiosity out there, people who get misty-eyed during prayer time on… Continue reading

Watching the President’s State of the Union address last night, I felt a kind of sadness for the man as he tries to lead our nation against the current of public opinion, in the face of stiff opposition. The weight… Continue reading

Do you read top ten lists? Here’s a serious one that I found on a blog by Tony Morgan, a minister and ‘strategy consultant.’ He writes about growth and about the necessity of change if our desire is to grow… Continue reading

Recently I read a story of a person who suffered terrible loss a quarter century ago in the tragic death of her young husband. There was no denying the awful sorrow, the terrible grief. To me, the greater tragedy was… Continue reading

Last night Bev and I got around to watching the first episode of “American Idol.” Having a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) is great. We watch what we want, when we want to, and zip through the commercial breaks. What an… Continue reading

“That’s just who I am. It’s too late to change now.” And with that, she dismissed hope and possibility; convinced that her past was the prologue to her future. But, she is wrong, dead wrong! Betty, (not her real name)… Continue reading

Determining the truly valuable from the cheap imitation can be difficult, at first glance, anyway. On the streets of New York, vendors spread out displays of watches on small tables, offering a ‘Rolex’ for a few dollars. A discriminating buyer… Continue reading

Every pastor hears an old joke again and again – “Hey, must be nice to have a job where you work one day a week.” That’s not even close to the truth. Despite an appearance of being a relaxed lifestyle,… Continue reading

Fear, not the ‘you scared me half to death’ kind of fear, but the gnawing anxiety that drives sleep away and creates a dread of tomorrow is something most of us experience. Sometimes anxiety is focused around a specific issue:… Continue reading

A comedy called City Slickers, (1991) about three guys who try to recover their male identity with a trip to a cattle ranch in the West, included a great performance by the late Jack Palance in the role of an… Continue reading