It’s a small town – one of those kinds of towns people make jokes about. You’ve heard ‘em – “that town is so small that when you dial the […]

With Ash Wednesday, the shadowy journey of Lent has begun. Lent is a season that doesn’t bring warm fuzzies like Christmas or Easter. You’re not going to find a Hallmark […]

An unfriendly tip has inspired me to give you a friendly tip: don’t complain about tipping or it may go viral. Pastor Alois Bell found this out the hard way. Recently […]

I suppose when you think of plays that carry a spiritual punch, Footloose the Musical doesn’t pop into your mind. I felt the same way–and then I was cast in […]

This is a message for all the people in my life who are struggling right now. Colleagues with cancer, friends with ailing parents, “baby mamas” who have been ditched. Reading […]

I have always been captivated by the sky and space. When I was a kid, I pored over a Golden Nature Book simply entitled Stars, with a picture of Saturn […]

Last week, I zipped down the street to attend a United Methodist district clergy meeting. Now normally I would look forward to such a gathering with the enthusiasm of licking a dust […]

Let me ask you a provocative question: do Christians have a love-hate relationship with the miracle stories in the Gospels? Think about it. On one hand, we thrill to the […]

Christmas officially ends today. Now you may have thought that it ended on Dec. 25, after you unwrapped the presents, consumed the Christmas ham and shoved the last of the […]

Meet Stanley the Baby Man. In his thirties, Stanley acts normally in the real world, but reverts to diapers and “jammies” when at home. He sleeps in a crib, sucks on […]