What does the Lord require of you but To Do Justice, To Love Kindness and To walk humbly with God Micah 6 I went to a concert at a church not long ago. It was a women’s choir and as you would expect, they sang some really beautiful songs
I saw the movie 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri on an airplane recently. I was enjoying the film and then all of a sudden, it just ended. Talking with a friend who is a film studies teacher he explained to me why it’s a masterful ending. I understood what
What do your greatest victories in sports, your favorite teachers in school and your greatest accomplishments as a professional, all have in common? Consider the following: On Friday night I watched the football team, at the school where I work, compete against its rival. After our team won, the
Here’s an understatement.; religion has a checkered past. All religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, to name a few, have chapters they’d rather forget, followers they’d rather not claim. There’s no way around it. Religious history is filled with examples of faith expression gone wrong. I once had a student
My first year out of seminary I worked in a church as an associate pastor. I remember the first time we did a baptism. The senior pastor told me to get some water to use for baptizing the baby that morning. I was a little unsure where to go.
I recently heard about a man whose mother had passed away. He’s Jewish and he went to the traditional prayer service at which they say something called the Kaddish. The Kaddish is the prayer recited in memory of the dead. However, the man whose mother had passed said that
When I was in 8th grade my dad came home and told me we were moving. I was crushed. I don’t know how 8th grade was for you, but for me it was a magical time in my life. Things were pretty much moving along according to my 13
Sometimes when I’ve had a rough day at the office I’ll go home and start complaining to my wife about a situation that irritated me, a person who got under my skin or a class that didn’t go well and I’ll tell her what I’m going to do in
A few years ago I was standing in the Calhoun (Ga) High School gym lobby with a little time to kill before the start of a wrestling match. I was looking at the Calhoun Sports Hall of Fame behind a glass showcase when I came across the attached
When I was a kid, if I said something inappropriate in front of my parents my dad would fire off a stern look and say “watch your mouth mister”. The implication was that I had the ability to control what came out of my mouth. As I’ve gotten older
