It's Like Herding Cats

Throw the Stone 3The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sigh...

After the Doubt "I doubt it." Those might be the words you live by. People have let you down so many times that when you catch ...

Grey - Go Away! It was grey today. In a place that gets over 300 days of mostly sunshine. Everything was wrapped into a big grey package t...

Light In Dark Places I saw the first daffodil of spring today. And every robin within 5 miles showed up in front of my office to remind me...

"When You Get the Chance" A friend and I were finishing a conversation the other day, and right before we ended it, he said ...

A Wee Little Man and a Great Big Question Below is an encounter Jesus had with Zacchaeus. As I read it today, I thought about all the other...

Who Do You See? Macon, GA - sometime in the mid 1960's. Vietnam is only beginning to be a household word, civil rights aren't right...

Aha! "If any of you wants to be my follower," he told them, "you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, ...

The Cost of Christmas Well, it's almost Christmas. The traffic is thicker and our patience is thinner. We're beginning to put one e...

It Could Be Today One of the best things to happen to me this Christmas season is that I've tried to forget everything I already knew a...

Do You Hear It? I will sing of the tender mercies of the LORD forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness. Your unfailing love wi...

Holding On To Hope All who heard the shepherds' story were astonished, but Mary quietly treasured these things in her heart and thought...

Jo to the world Walking along the hall of our local hospital, headed to visit a member in ICU, I passed several of the different department...

So, You're a Preacher... One day as Jesus was walking along the shore beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers--Simon, also calle...

Gatherings They had come from all over to witness, to celebrate - love. Some on the groom's side, some on the bride's side - but no...

Sacred Spaces "Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs." Psalms ...

Thanksgiving Days remembered- with my family gathering in my aunts home, just across the street from the mill village that my family worked...

Beginning Again Last week ended with a whine. The whine could have emenated from the youth who were here at New Hope for a Friday night lo...

In Good Hands Little girls gather around their leaders, kneeling before they pray. They are asked if there's anything God needs to hear...

Is that okay? My father in love is a precise builder. He's a great man, a true believer in Christ, and a model for me. I thank God for ...