Part of the new normal, as it were, of 2020 is a continuous stream of conversation from day to day regarding COVID, the CDC, the response by the government, the response by ordinary people, and the response by the church. Since I work at a church, the discussions on how we honor each other, care…

It’s like tripping someone before they go over the cliff. I heard Dave Ramer use this expression last night and thought it was an interesting one. After all, no one likes to be tripped and fall face down in the dirt, but on the flip side, it’s a far better thing than plunging to a…

A friend of mine sent me a beautiful quote by a writer I have long admired and whose work I have read many times over the years. Madeleine L’Engle wrote, “We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but…

There’s something about a good groove, you know? When a song comes on that has a sweet vibe, a good kick, and a nice bass line — it doesn’t even matter what genre of music because you find yourself nodding your head, swaying, doing the shoulder shimmy… or whatever it is you do when you…