The Gospel in Glass
One of the iconic architectural features of any stereotypical church is stained glass windows. Not all of them have them, of course, but...
The Basics
Sometimes we just need to return to the fundamentals, get back to the basics. Today that's all I want to do. One of the earliest...
Can I Do That?
The title of today's post has nothing to do with what's moral or permissible. Instead it's the offer of the volunteer. This is the person...
Homecoming
Sunday will be our Homecoming service and our second annual car show. Homecoming is always a great day. It's a day of worship and...
For the Record
When I asked my father to fill in for me on this past Sunday, one of his first questions was, "You record services now, right?" "We do,"...
Garfield Syndrome
If there are two animals universally loved, they’re Snoopy and Garfield. Snoopy captures our imagination with his various personas (who...
Revival
This Sunday through Wednesday, I temporarily abandon my own pulpit to fill another. I'll be preaching the Creelsboro Christian Church...
Me, Myself, and I
The motto of my generation (and those who have followed it) seems to be rather Shakespearean: "This above all: to thine own self be...
One Way
While I was in seminary, I spent some time volunteering with the youth group of a local church. A friend was the youth minister there,...
Time Enough
A common lament of the human race is "there's never enough time." We're forced to live our lives according to the clock and the calendar,...