conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

We leave for New York tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to our time away. Trish and I have not been on a vacation together since our honeymoon. We are way overdue. I'm packed. The house is...

Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.John E. HinesIt is done. I have preached...

The word "submission" in Arabic is seleme. It is both the root for the word "submission" as in Islam...which means "submission to God"...and the root for the word that means "peace"...salam. - this...

Once again I am throwing myself at the mercy of Shakespeare and his actors. Susan and Jeffrey. Last time it was Bishop Carlisle. This time it is Claudius from Hamlet. You remember? He's Hamlet's...

This is true obedience...to obey even when there is no certainty that God will provide an escape. - Allan Boesak South African ministerAs sometimes happens, there was a "honey do" list waiting for me...

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark TwainI am sitting outside on the parsonage patio. The sky is threatening rain. The breeze blowing through the trees is...