“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). So often we cower before God, […]

As you gather with your family this Christmas, I hope you’ll remember that Jesus was part of a family, too.  Mary and Joseph married, and […]

The naming of a child was as important in the First Century as it is today.  In fact, there were two names given to the […]

For years I maintained that my all-time favorite Christmas gift was one given me by my older sister Connie when I was maybe seven or […]

Back when Rudyard Kipling was England’s most popular writer, the rumor went out that his publisher paid him one dollar per word for his work.  […]

Whatever happened to the beauty of simple gifts?  The dignity of small gestures?  An episode from the life of Jesus is recorded in Mark 12:38-44 when […]

We are now landowners, Imagine Church. On Monday, November 4, we closed on a 16-acre tract of beautiful pasture land that will one day be […]

I read a story once about a guy who walks up on a construction site and found three fellows working there.  The man says, “Hey, […]

  Most of us are familiar with the children’s television program from several years ago, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Tom Hanks is actually soon coming out with […]

Here’s an observation from more than thirty years in parish ministry:  everybody likes to talk about themselves, for the most part, and most people like […]