Lessons Learned from a Transformed Deacon

I met Charlie Bris-Bois about five years ago in Winston-Salem while doing a seminar on preparing the church for the 21st century. Charlie voiced skepticism about some of my ideas and even confessed he “liked things the way they were.” The second time I saw...

Choosing a Bible Is Partly a Matter of Faith

“It’s in the Bible!” But which one? The good book is available in an unprecedented number of translations, versions and forms. Leaving aside translations into most of the world’s languages, English versions alone are numerous and growing. They...

Creation-Care: Three Women Pioneers

Women’s History Month is a fine time to highlight three women who impacted creation-care in the United States. When it comes to environmental history, many have heard of John Muir, veritable founder of the U.S. preservation movement and first president of the...

Bad Time for a Nap

Airline passengers were asked to disembark from planes, exit the airport, then re-enter through the security checkpoint a second time. The lines were long. Most passengers tried to be cordial and cooperative but some were irate. Departures were delayed for hours...