I was in the first grade at Sacred Heart Catholic school when Sister Eileen read to us from Exodus 16, “The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like hon…
One challenge of preaching is finding interesting, real-life sermon illustrations to aid the hearers’ understanding.
Recently, I was provided with one such illustration as I was preaching. My ser…
I have great neighbors. What makes my neighbors so great?
Well, for one, mine are willing to take the time to talk. A book I read on building community within a church congregation noted how the…
I have a pet peeve. I get rankled when I see in print “apostrophe-s” to indicate possession in nouns ending in “s.”
Allow me to illustrate: writing “Jesus’s disciples,” as opposed to “Jesus’ dis…
You might have heard a Christian say, “God will never give us more than we can handle.”
I was visiting a Christian friend in the hospital who had terminal cancer. He had been through much and mu…
I receive regular promotional emails from the carmaker, Porsche; they must think that I have money.
It all began about five years ago with their email inviting me and a friend to a nearby racetr…
“Unencumbered by the facts, they gave their opinion,” I said to a colleague as we marveled at the concert of rumors and speculations swirling around an unfortunate incident in a church we were servi…
Have you ever sat down in a restaurant, begun to read the menu and then realized you can’t afford to eat there?
My wife and I went shopping and, having a gift card, decided to eat dinner out. We…
Hibbing, Minnesota is famous.“Yes!” some really smart person who always wins at Trivial Pursuit might reply, “It is ‘The Iron Capital of the World’ and home to the world’s largest iron ore pit.”…
Recently, I did something that I had purposed I would never do – I engaged a social media post that was obviously intended only to incite.
A friend posted a meme claiming that 56% of conservativ…
