I love music. I mean I REALLY love music. I love a whole lot of different kinds of music. I love Christmas music… just not the same five songs over and over again, please. I love church hymns from the… Continue reading

The excited bride-to-be does it one way. The six year-old waiting for Christmas does it another way. The man waiting for his spouse to return from military service, still another. And even though some of us do it without giving… Continue reading

As much as it pains me, I have to face a cold, unvarnished truth about myself. I think Jesus knew what he was talking about when he said, “… and the truth will make you free.” (John 8:32, NRSV). The… Continue reading

Have you been to the mailbox lately? Every evening, sometime around 5:00 p.m., Molly the Dog and I take a walk to retrieve the mail. We usually go all the way to the end of the cul-de-sac, turn around, and… Continue reading

Think back. Think a LONG way back. Think back to the first time you can remember fantasizing about what THE FUTURE might look like. When I think of that time, I immediately think of attending the 1964 World’s Fair in… Continue reading

The circumstance? Or your relationship to the circumstance? Which will have the final say in your life? Last week, during a clergy continuing education event I had the opportunity to watch the movie Invictus again. In case you have not… Continue reading

Last week my wife and I were in Houston, TX visiting kids and grandkids. They live in a lovely area in the northern part of the metro area, bountifully supplied with walking paths and woodland areas. (Which could be the… Continue reading

“Why did you do that?” I have often wondered what it would be like to be a professional athlete and sit in front of a table full of microphones and be asked that question over and over again… about everything.… Continue reading

I did not grow up on a farm. And I think I am the poorer because of it. Here’s why: because of the fact that I didn’t grow up on a farm I did not regularly see corn plants rising… Continue reading

I am not sure you can make a strong case to call any season other than fall the Best Season of the Year. Look at all fall has going for it: comfortably warm daytime temperatures, cool, great-for-sleeping nights, trees exploding… Continue reading