[Here’s my religion column for this Sunday’s July 12 Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. As I’ve thought about what might happen with the COVID-19 pandemic, the increasing challenges between Whites & African-Americans, and the coming elections this November, […]
When I was a boy my mother would say, “If you can’t say something good about someone, don’t say anything at all.” She didn’t always follow her own advice. Nor have I. Of this I […]
In today’s Gospel reading from Matthew chapter 10, Jesus chooses the 12 apostles. Simon (Peter) Andrew James John [Peter and Andrew and James and John were brothers.] Philip Bartholomew Thomas Matthew James, son of Alphaeus […]
These days the choir of birds outside my window start warming up about 4:20am. By 4:40am, all birds are present and the concert begins in earnest. Every bird sings loudly and in perfect pitch. Not […]
In late February during my 8th-grade year, a city-wide church meeting came through Colby, Kansas. The evening meetings featured a 6’5” preacher, a former NFL defensive tackle named Bill Glass. Speaking to all 5 kids […]
** About 10 years ago I discovered the writing of pastor John Piippo from Redeemer Fellowship Church in Monroe, Michigan. A friend told me about his blog, and I started reading it. I was taken […]
Last Sunday the Gospel reading used by many churches was the story in Luke 24 of the resurrected Jesus meeting two disciples (Cleopas and his partner) on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. (The painting […]
As I follow the news of the spreading Corona virus today — along with “everyone” on planet earth — I thought this morning of one of my favorite poems that often gives me comfort when […]
