Dear Friends: Last week, the message in worship was about seeking--seeking purpose, seeking meaning, seeking one another and, most of all, seeking God. We considered wise men and shepherds and angels and gleaming stars; we considered, also, a frightened tyrant, a...
Dear Friends: With the New Year, we have seen the efforts of many to "self-improve." At the YMCA, for example, the parking lot is crowded, new faces flash on the check-in screen, the steps of the unfamiliar fall on treadmills and, of course, shiny new work-out clothes...
Dear Friends: Miriam passed away last week. She died on a Friday, leaving her two days short of her ninetieth Christmas Day. The world is diminished by her passing. Miriam was a member of a church I served before, in the past. But she was more--so...
Dear Friends: I mentioned during worship Sunday that my wife Donna and I had gone to the Christmas concert by Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith the night before. In addition to those two well-known stars of contemporary Christian music, a fellow named Jordan Smith, who had been a...