Are You In It for the Long Haul?
The Boston Marathon bombings on Monday remind us that the fight against evil is ongoing. We are, indeed, in an endurance run to protect our freedoms and build a safe world […]
The Boston Marathon bombings on Monday remind us that the fight against evil is ongoing. We are, indeed, in an endurance run to protect our freedoms and build a safe world […]
A Fish Story Have you heard the one about the pastor who confronted a church member one Sunday morning? He said, “George, I heard you were out golfing last Sunday during […]
“With You, Lord, I will flee, that I may gain in You Life in every place. The prison with You is no prison, for in You man goes up into […]
Now’s the time for mirth and play,Saturday’s an holiday;Praise to heaven unceasing yield,I’ve found a lark’s nest in the field. Christopher Smart, Hymns for the Amusement of Children A […]
Years ago, I discovered a poem by Elizabeth Gardner Reynolds entitled “The Little Black Dog.” The first time I read it, I wept. Being a lover of Jesus Christ […]
As I prepare to portray Judas on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday at two churches, I am struck again by the King James translation of Matthew 27:3-4: “Then […]
The parade route begins near the twin towns of Bethpage and Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem and winds into the Holy City. The Grand Marshal is an […]
On this day in 1987, a 210-foot barge named the Mobro 4000 began a strange voyage on the seas, searching for a place to dump over 3100 tons of garbage. […]
Ah, spring! That season when, as the American writer e.e. cummings put it, “the earth laughs in flowers.” Here in the Lone Star State, there are two seasons that I cherish: […]
A Peek into a Famous Parade On this day in 1762, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held, but not in Ireland. Irish soldiers stationed in colonial New York City […]