Has it ever happened to you?  Have you ever stood there at the baggage carousel, watching the luggage pop out, piece by piece from that little […]

                        I caught an interview on PBS once featuring journalist Bill Moyers and theologian/historian […]

                        Do you recall pictures of the bearded old man named Father Time?  Sometimes […]

A man had come home from an extra busy day’s work to meet his excited son wanting to hang out and do something together.  The […]

“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 […]