My Trial Is Over
Above is a quote I recently read. There’s a lot to unpack in it, and I won’t try to tackle it all here. I would just say as a Christian, … Continue reading
When Raising a Newborn Feels Like A Real Mother
The feeling of being overwrought as the mother of a newborn is certainly a fair one. And there is beauty in the mundane, but it is still mundane, and sometimes … Continue reading
Happiness Begets Beauty. What Begets Happiness?
“Happy people are beautiful.” It’s true in broad terms. “Happy” might not nail it for me, though. “Happy” comes and goes. I was just thinking the other day about … Continue reading
Simple As That
Races, there are none Just cultures, fear, and plain greed Love alone trumps all
Charleston, Strong, Represents
I listened yesterday, live, to the families of the slain in Charleston speaking in the arraignment hearing of the defendant being charged, and cried. I grew up in the wake … Continue reading
Massacre In The Holy City: Why Would God Do That?
Last night, twenty-one-year-old Dylann Roof walked into a Wednesday night Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., and opened fire, killing nine persons, including pastor and … Continue reading
When God Welches On Us
Five funerals have impacted my life this year. A beloved, lifelong educator who came back from a massive stroke at age 49 and was holding his own against colon cancer … Continue reading
Goodbye, Kate. Tomorrow Starts Without You.
Sunday night, November 23rd, 2014, we lost Kate Barnett in a traffic accident on a road trip with her boyfriend. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Sometimes I wonder … Continue reading
A Heart Of Worship: Keeping The Main Thing The Main Thing
Victoria Osteen’s little faux pax recently made waves in the Christian worship community. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she was inarticulately saying something basically sound. … Continue reading
Every Church’s Choice: The Message Or The Method
A thoughtful young lady, Carol Howard Merritt, recently tackled an issue very real to her denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), or PCUSA. She is the pastor of a Presbyterian congregation, … Continue reading
American Parser 