Sarah Williams is happily married and teaching at Oxford in England. She has credentials, the mind of a scholar, and two charming young daughters. News comes of a third pregnancy. The news is welcomed as the Williams family all shares in the excitement. The excitement is short-lived, however, when a hospital scan reveals skeletal dysplasiContinueContinue reading “Perfectly Human”
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Thinking about the call of God
In my talks with pastors and leaders, the call of God comes up often. In the May 12 issue of the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, I decided to address the issue of “call” in my religion column. I tell a little anecdote about the early “call” of God in my life. I’ll let you be the judgeContinueContinue reading “Thinking about the call of God”
The two ends of the Taut Rope
Almost every day I feel like following Jesus is like holding a taut rope. One the hand I go through my day feeling like my best is not good enough, no matter what I do. But on the other end of that taut rope I feel good about what I do and the decisions IContinueContinue reading “The two ends of the Taut Rope”
Oh the mysteries of life
I have just finished Julie Yip-Williams’ The Unwinding of the Miracle — A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After (Random House, 2019). What a powerful read. The book is Yip-Williams’ account of being born into poverty and nearly blind in Viet Nam just after the Viet Nam war. Her family somehow madeContinueContinue reading “Oh the mysteries of life”
What do you think you control?
I am reading The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams. She died last March (2018) of colon cancer at age 42. She was born into a poor family in 1975 in Viet Nam with seemingly few choices but to accept their lot in life. At just 2 months, Yip-Williams maternal grandmother wanted her putContinueContinue reading “What do you think you control?”
The 88-year-old deposed Cardinal living — at least for a while — near my hometown
My hometown of Colby Kansas, sits just north of Interstate 70 in Northwest Kansas. Victoria, Kansas (about 100 miles to the east of Colby) sits immediately south of Interstate 70. Victoria is the home to the beautiful Cathedral of the Plains. Since last September it has been the home of deposed 88-year-old Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Former CardinalContinueContinue reading “The 88-year-old deposed Cardinal living — at least for a while — near my hometown”
41 years ago today it snowed in Manhattan, Kansas, and I was in Love
41 years ago today I was dating a freshman girl at a small Christian college in Manhattan, Kansas, named Jennifer Earles. She was from Phoenix, Arizona and had come from the desert to Kansas for a year to study the Bible and sort out what she believed. She already had received a scholarship to attendContinueContinue reading “41 years ago today it snowed in Manhattan, Kansas, and I was in Love”
Showing empathy and respect is our only hope
My column in today’s Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette is a result of a conversation I had with a pastor recently who told me he really fears the next two years, as the drums for the next presidential election already are beating. It got me thinking about what we really should be fearing. Take a look…
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