Guns, Freedom and Faith
The Scene: Two gunmen opened fire outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, where the American Freedom Defense Initiative* was just concluding a “Muhammad Art Exhibit”. They were shot and...
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Costs More; Takes Longer.
It was a simple project – the screws from the previous piece of wood were still in place. All I had to do was unscrew them, put the new board in place, and put the original screws back in. With my...
View ArticleMourning Together
“Blessed are those who mourn …” (Matthew 5:4) This is one of the opening lines of a sermon even people who have never been to church are familiar with. Its power has to do with its universal appeal –...
View ArticleThe Canary’s Name is William
I met him 16 years ago. He was a transient – well groomed and clean, but suffering from a mental illness that made our local social service agencies nervous. I wasn’t quite sure what to do with him...
View ArticleWalking Alone Together
“Please be extra safe as you go about your day-to-day lives and try not to walk alone.” That’s the advice that one of Burlington’s religious leaders gave to their congregants. It’s reminiscent of the...
View ArticleWe’ve Gone “Glocal”
One of my favorite things to do on our family vacations was build sand castles. It was an exercise in futility as the tides would come in and wash all my labor away. No amount of sand walls in front or...
View ArticleOut on the Front Porch
Sitting out on our screened-in front porch in Morrisville we used to watch the two older women across the street emerge from their home, come down the steps of their porch and walk over to Cumberland...
View ArticleLife on Balance
Three things: 1) The Angel speaking to the church in Laodicea has nothing good to say about being “luke warm“. 2) How we use words and our tongue can take us – and others straight to hell. 3) A life...
View ArticleKeep It Civil
“Politically Correct” – it has become an oxymoron the likes of which demands some new term that expresses the intention of keeping our discourse such that opposing ideas can be shared, debates can be...
View ArticleJust whining … or really wise?
She struggled to remain positive, concluding many a day with the words to my mother: Tomorrow will be a better day, Dear … And with that she would fall into a fitful sleep. And every morning my mother...
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