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Wielding Power Wisely

“I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases… Power tends to corrupt...

My Favorite Job

I was about twenty when I realized that my life-long tendency to seek out ministry involvement was more than simple happenstance. I began to grasp that “ministry drift,” my tendency to spontaneously flow into ministry situations, might be a sign pointing to God’s...

In The Good Ol’ Summertime

Ah, summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Summer is probably my favorite season. Dry, hot days (some of us like the heat, thank you very much, as long as it’s not muggy) that linger into warm evenings. Fresh watermelon, peaches, corn on the cob, and homemade ice cream....
Current Sermon Series

Current Sermon Series

What can be done to address this epidemic of loneliness? If warm, intimate relationships are a key to a happy life, then we have to learn to connect better with others. One foundational response here is to improve our capacity and ability to have meaningful...

What Are We Really?

The following poem, “Zebra Question” by Shel Silverstein, uses humor to raise age-old questions concerning how we perceive ourselves and others. I asked the zebra, Are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with...