Giving up something fattening gets a lot of attention during Lent, but prayer is an important part of this season, too. Along with fasting and almsgiving, prayer is considered one […]

On this day in 1876, Patent Number 174,465 was awarded to Alexander Graham Bell for a device that would electrically transmit sound. Bell’s application to the U.S. Patent Office, made […]

Part 1. People say the darndest things — sometimes to preachers. This begins a blog series on some of those things that have been said to me over the years. Here’s one: […]

  The word is out: I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I found out just before the holidays last year. I didn’t immediately share it with the social media […]

  United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton tells this story: “A woman in my congregation, after years of fertility treatments, finally conceived. She and her husband were filled with joy. But […]

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13, NIV) Today, on this National Day of Prayer, my mind went back to an […]

There is a scene in The Forgotten Carols, playing at the Artisan Center Theater in Hurst, TX, where I pray for the female lead character, a hard-boiled woman named Constance. […]