It was a hot, arid day. The sun was beating down, but still the crowd was huge.  As they gathered and pressed around Jesus, he […]

I’m thinking this week of the parents who have felt the lump in the throat and the tear in the eyes as their son or […]

In the midst of the church-wide yard sale and the Choraliers Concert last weekend, Tyra, Joshua and I rejoiced in the wedding of Tyra’s niece […]

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict.  It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a […]

Tom Bandy tells that some fishermen in a small boat went to their favorite spot, about five miles from the coast.  In the late afternoon, […]

It may surprise you to hear that when Jesus died, his primary followers didn’t band together and say, “Let’s keep the dream alive.”  Instead, they […]

Let me share some interesting facts from a book by Terrence Dickinson:  If we could travel at the speed of light, it would take us […]

One of my favorite passages in the Bible is found in Luke 5:1-11.  The disciples had been fishing all night and had caught nothing.  And […]

One of my heroes in the church is Wallace Chappell, who died just a few years ago.  For a time he was Senior Pastor at […]

While a student at the Duke Divinity School, I was a member of the school’s Worship Committee.  It was comprised mainly of students, but with […]