Jesus said, “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it abides alone.” This saying, among others, probably did not win him lots of followers. If it wasn’t enough that he...Read More
Last week I talked with a church that is going through severe staff reductions because the economy has hit their area particularly hard. The pastor lamented that they now are going to have to cover al...Read More
Yesterday was Palm Sunday. I wonder how many preachers drew a parallel between the political parade that Jesus led into Jerusalem and the marches that took place around the country on Saturday, marche...Read More
Last night, Brix and I got on our apartment building’s elevator to go downstairs for his last walk of the evening, and with us was a fellow who had a clear plastic bowl full of food. At first, I...Read More
Like many of you, I am sure, I have had my fair share of inflight annoyances from other passengers. For example, there was the time when I was seated in front of two indulgent parents and their four-y...Read More
Flying as much as I do, I think often about “security.” Ben Franklin offered some now-famous words that are little heeded: “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain secur...Read More
So, we are going to have a new Head Peacemaker. After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson criticized the Russians for trying to murder two people with a banned chemical on the streets of London, he was f...Read More
Earlier this week, the occupant of the White House back peddled previous statements about gun laws and went back to being a good boy under the control of the National Rifle Association. He said there ...Read More
I had the honor of preaching in Windsor, Connecticut on Sunday. The scripture lesson was from John 3. Jesus tells Nicodemus that the Spirit is like an unpredictable and uncontrollable wind. I love tha...Read More
Yesterday’s assigned Gospel lesson was about Nicodemus’s nighttime visit with Jesus. Fundamentalists love the part about being “born again” and use it as a litmus test for whet...Read More
