Five Ministry Lessons After a Table-Saw Accident

The table saw and I had a disagreement. I lost! I was working on this great furniture project in my garage and was not being as careful as I should have been. I now have three healing fingers, but thanks be to God, I still have 10 fingers. As the ER doctor put it,...

Al’s embarrassment — and mine

According to a recent ABP article, Southern Baptist Seminary president Al Mohler told students during a Sept. 14 chapel service that he is embarrassed by a belief he held about a quarter-century ago: that women could serve in pastoral ministry. He pointed to a...

Of pickleness and fickleness

With America’s economy still struggling to recover from deep problems that the current administration inherited and has not been able to fix with a quick “Presto! Chang-o!”, the populace has turned pickle-faced. A majority of us have little trust in...
Interfaith Friendships Enrich Individual Identities

Interfaith Friendships Enrich Individual Identities

Over the years, I have been given the honor of officiating the weddings of former students, family members and friends. Somewhere in that history the “unity candle” became a part of the ceremony – a beautiful symbol of two lives becoming one in marriage....

Religious Freedom in U.S. is For Everyone, Not Some

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is getting quite a workout these days. In case you have forgotten, the First Amendment reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;...