Jesus' first words in the Gospel of John
In the first chapter of the Gospel of John we read of a day when Jesus passes by John the Baptist and two of his disciples. Seeing Jesus, John the Baptist immediately says to his […]
The friend I needed in 1975
Back in 1975 when I was in college in Manhattan, Kansas, I met a guy named Larry Londen. He was a city boy from Phoenix, Arizona. I was a small-town boy from Colby, Kansas. We […]
I visited the church in Cairo, Egypt, where the holy family once hid…
On this day in the church calendar in certain parts of the Christian Church around the world, Holy Innocents Day is celebrated. It is a time for the faithful to remember back to that fateful […]
I am always caught off guard
On December 26th the Church historically celebrates The Feast of St. Stephens and then on the 28th Holy Innocents Day is celebrated. Coming immediately after Christmas, they always seem to catch me off guard. On […]
On this 3rd Sunday of Advent, don't give up hope!
Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Tonight, friends will come to our home. We will light 3 candles – the first 2 Sundays of Advent we lighted purple candles. Tonight, we will light the pink candle.
Total depravity meets Christmas in 4th grade classroom
On a hot summer day last August, I was thinking back to an early December day when I was in the 4th-grade at Hoxie Elementary School in Hoxie, Kansas. Miss Karnes, my teacher, asked me to choose the Christmas tree for the class.
Steak and Potatoes all the way
Here I am with my mom this past weekend in Wichita, Kansas, on her 86th birthday. Mom, Jennifer and I went out to eat for mom’s birthday dinner. We had cheeseburgers, fries, Pepsi’s and chocolate […]
Peace is not the absence of conflict
Last night, a full week before Thanksgiving, I had the Canadian Brass Christmas music blaring. I started thinking about the Christmas story and that scene long ago where Luke writes of the Christ child: 11 Today […]
