The Bible is a fascinating collage of story and song, wisdom and rules, promises and prophecy, letters and news and history, and so much more….
I’ll never forget the time a few friends and I taught Alice how to drive. But I’m a little reluctant to tell the tale, even…
My small, rural church in the Ozarks is teeming with children. In the life of this congregation they are both disturbance and delight. I am…
You’ve probably heard. October is Pastor Appreciation Month. But you don’t have to limit your support to just one month of the year. Your pastor…
It was just an ordinary Wednesday night Bible study. The faithful — thirteen in all — came to the church at 110 Calhoun Street to…
I live in a rural and fairly homogenous Midwest community, but recently I learned that a close-knit community book club was close to folding over…
Like many, I watched some of the Olympics on TV over the past two weeks. The training and talent of the young athletes were breathtaking….
I like roller coasters, but I like rocks better. Every now and then (admittedly less often as the years pass) I find myself getting on…
The first Bible verse I recall memorizing was Romans 8:28. It wasn’t my doing. I was only 6 or 7 years old and attending a…
It’s been a busy summer of traveling. Road trips over the last three months have taken me, and the family, on ministry adventures to Texas,…
C. S. Lewis is one of the greatest Christian authors who ever lived. Many know his name connected to works like The Chronicles of Narnia….
For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether…
These two words — we thirst — sum up the human condition as well as any I can think of. More than just our body’s…
A friend, a loved one, a church member has strayed off course, going their own way, neglecting or rejecting the good they’ve known. How can…
My friend Scott has Parkinson’s disease. He is only in his fifties, but the tremors are getting bad. Recently, Scott went to New York City…