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 […]

  “Habemus papam!” We have a new pope, which might prompt some Protestants to utter, “Who cares?” After all, we bid arrivederci to Rome centuries ago. Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals and a host of […]

  The United Methodist bishop of my conference, Mike Lowry, recently noted on his blog that laypeople are asking him, “What makes a church grow?” When the bishop offers a […]

This past Sunday, “The Bible” miniseries premiered on The History Channel and, lo, it was good, drawing in 13.1 million viewers. The numbers were powerful enough to smote the competition on all the […]

Van Cliburn, the celebrated concert pianist who lived in my hometown of Fort Worth, TX, died Wednesday morning at the age of 78. When I was still in diapers, Van […]