According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 20 percent of America is “rural.” Most rural churches have bi-vocational pastors with other full-time emp…
Abigail Adams famously wrote to her husband, John, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, “Remember the ladies.”
My generation remembers taking trips or experiencing emergencies and looking about for a telephone. Little did we dream one day we’d all have …
We think nothing about people being left-handed, other than crime shows teach us to notice these things since the Boston Strangler and Jack th…
I’ve wanted to revisit my master’s thesis and share the story of an Alabama confederate chaplain and Presbyterian pastor. The name “Petrie” is…
I’m unsure why her statement never struck me before as it did in preparing for Easter. I used the final of the seven “I Am” statements of Jesu…
Jim came to see me with a message from the finance committee he chaired. The group met when I was with another group, so I missed their meetin…
The cardiologist at my annual appointment asked if I’d ever had a sleep study. I said no. He suggested I do and see what we learn. What I lear…
A newly-called music minister asked for long-range sermon plans. I told him I had none, though once I did.
An old fable tells of a frog who envied his pond friends, the geese, when they prepared to fly south in the winter and escape arctic temperatu…