Is there anything more joyful than the excited buzz of fellowship taking place at the opening of a Sunday morning worship service?I generally start...

Becoming intimate friends with a man and his family during a short, two-hour concert seems crazy, right?The kind of friends who regularly check in,...

It seems that Lent couldn’t be taking place at a more appropriate time than it is now.Just as the world as we know it seems to be burning down...

One of my very first pastoral mentors taught me the vital life lesson that today's worries are enough for today.If you want to find the scriptural...

I  was reminded of an age-old, but also important, adage at the poker table recently: You can’t judge a book by its cover.And that’s a vital...

This week our large homeless shelter/food pantry organization held a winter “picnic” just to say thank you to our community which has resoundingly...

You are enough. I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but please know that you are beautifully created in the image of our Maker. And, as...

There are days that this pastoring thing is more than alright, I tell ya.Oh, there are plenty of days when one looks skyward and thinks to...

I miss my brother Drew.Now that the rush of the holidays and the adrenaline of turning a new calendar year are over, I am beginning to acutely feel...

Our nation’s surgeon general, who is stepping down after a second term as our country’s chief medical officer, has issued us a critical medical...

By the time most of you read this column, you’ll have likely wrapped up your Christmas celebrations more than a week ago.Presents opened, and maybe...

There is a delightfully fun new Christmas movie out called “Red One.”Now, it’s not in the vein of Christmas movies of old. No Jimmy Stewart or Red...

If your household was anything like ours this Advent, it was impossible to find time to quietly reflect on the anticipation of Christ’s birth and...

Under all the trappings of Christmas as we know it today, lies a very simple and beautiful story that gets forgotten, but could be revolutionary if...

American Indian prayer leader Delvin Rogers reverently packed the tobacco into his sacred peace pipe, and then methodically set about offering...