When I was an adolescent back in the dark ages of the 1960s, there was a popular folk song that said, “The times, they are […]

Eighty-one years ago this month, in the summer of 1940, Western civilization was threatened with defeat. Liberty, the principle on which it rests, was menaced […]

This Sunday, July 4, is the holiday celebrating our nation’s independence. It’s the height of the vacation season, and I’m sure a lot of people will […]

This Sunday I will begin a new series called “Summer Baggage: Weighed Down by the Baggage We Carry.” For our devotional thought this week, allow […]

One of my top five favorite biblical passages is 1 Corinthians 13. I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that because it’s a passage that […]

Over the years I’ve had a number of people ask me, “Why can’t I be a Christian without being part of the church?” Going to church […]

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

One afternoon last week when I returned home from the church office, I found that Tyra had left something on the dresser for me that […]

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, a […]

Not long ago, a Lutheran pastor named J. S. Setzer wrote a book with the provocative title, What’s Left to Believe?  It’s based on the premise that […]