Seeing & Believing
I was recently asked if there were any empirical evidence, any measurable data, for faith "working." The person wanted to know if there...
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that You have done for us. We thank You for the splendor of the whole creation, for the...
Deep Breath
It's Thanksgiving week -- a fact difficult for me to accept. I distinctly remember planning for spring events just yesterday . . . didn't...
The Christian Calendar
We're mere weeks away from our second Hanging of the Greens service, so today I wanted to talk about the Christian calendar. For...
The New Ball and Chain
You used to hear husbands refer to their wives (usually jokingly) as "the ol' ball and chain." I guess that's now considered...
Food
You don't really appreciate food until you can't eat. This is my major lesson of the past week. I'm doing alright with softer foods at...
Tired
I'm tired of writing posts like this one. Tired of seeing yet another horrific shooting in the headlines. Tired of knowing another...
In Its Season
Commercial retailers need to remember their Old Testaments. We're all familiar with the Time Poem of Ecclesiastes 3 ("To every thing...