True confession time – I was, at best, a middling English student in high school and college. I was not anti-English – it just was not something that…
Read MoreOne of the main tenets of the Christian faith is that we worship a God who knows…
Read MoreRecently, I was amused and bemused by the report of a stunt that I never would have considered as a way to get out of paying for a sandwich.
Read MoreCome on, let’s admit it. Just you and me. No one else has to know. I promise. Look, it’s perfectly understandable…
Read MoreAs is the case at the end of a superstar musician’s career, today there will be lots of discussion about his discography…
Read MorePresident Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address contains what I believe are the most profound words…
Read MoreFor the last few years, I have been getting a lot of strange looks and responses from people this time of year…
Read MoreMemorial Day is one of those holidays where our primary identity (before family or nationality) as people of the resurrection puts us in a unique position…
Read MoreI had been thinking about it for awhile, but after “Susie” (not her real name) mentioned it to me before worship this past Sunday…
Read MoreQuite surely, Hell is against. But Hell does not have the last word…
Read MorePLEASE ALLOW ME TO START WITH A CONFESSION this morning: It is one of the supreme marks of irony…
Read MoreIt was early March, 1987, in the back room in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh. A sixth-grader had the blank sheets from Sports Illustrated…
Read MoreThe simple act of peeling off a section of wainscot led into the discovery of a whole lot of other major issues that…
Read MoreOn this beautiful Monday afternoon, a random day in the life of the DeRidder-Rosepine-Merryville-Singer metroplex, many of us are simply going about our…
Read Moretherein is a lesson for congregations within the Christian tradition – we have a choice to operate as we always have, fully expecting everyone who comes after us to have exactly the same experiences as…
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