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The church of the 21st century will of necessity be courageous in living in the tension between change and conventionality. A sense of courage will require the willingness to risk and the willingness to embrace the new. It will also … Continue reading →

All things being equal, there’s not a lot of difference between any of us. In fact, we’ve got more in common than we have that’s different. I’m amazed at the utter uniqueness of us all, but take away our faces … Continue reading →

Just because a professor retires, it doesn’t mean he or she stops teaching, although some do. My friend Leroy Seat grew up in Missouri but the horizons of his life were vast as he kept studying and writing until he … Continue reading →

Advent and Christmas must have been created for the sake of the artists. Poets, painters, writers, composers, sculptors and every other artist has seemingly been moved to create art in order to capture the beauty of the story of the … Continue reading →

Nothing captured the spirit of this so-called parable better than what a church in California did ten years ago as an experiment in faith. Somehow the pastor talked the church elders into freeing up $10,000 in cash to give away … Continue reading →

A spoken word misspoken A false rumor Ugly words spoken in anger The written word followed by hitting, “send” The breaking of a window The shooting of a bird Wrecking the family car Slipping on ice Oversleeping an important appointment … Continue reading →

To be a person of faith, to have an adequate basis for our awe and worship, we’ve got to think BIG when we think of God. Our God is beyond what our brains can hold or hope to handle. Our … Continue reading →

All of us at one time or another have faced the question, “Who am I?” and that question naturally opens up the question that naturally follows it, “Why am I here?” It’s the question we ask of ourselves as creatures … Continue reading →

Life looks big. That’s the first thing we learn as children and some carry that perception with them through every significant stage of life. Our point of view in childhood is mostly at knees and ankles. We look up craning … Continue reading →

Robert Fulghum (pronounced full-jum – even with two vowels, read it as if it was only one syllable) leapt upon the national scene two decades ago with his wildly popular collection of our generation’s wisdom literature, All I Really Need … Continue reading →