Setting the Prisoner Free…
I have come to know Hector Guadalupe through our daughter, first as a cause she believed in and now as
Category: Christianity
Prayer for a Requiem
I am grateful that I have served with three wonderful worship leaders over the twenty-seven years at Vestavia Hills Baptist
Mother and Son
Jaroslav Pelikan’s marvelous book Jesus Through the Centuries takes a sojourn through the vast and complex history of the interpretations
Wobbling On the High Wire
Holy Week has always been special for me as a Christian and pastor. Frankly, in the church year it always
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
I confess, I have now been part of a ukelele flash mob, back when mobbing was not a public health
Holiday Songs
Mark and I are finished with our album. I’ll post the release this week upcoming. One of the songs on
Diligence not Goosebumps
There is plenty of good work to do—beyond the ministries of the church itself, we have a world of opportunity.
What Can We Say?
Irony contains great truth—that America could be demonstrating its oldest pain so openly on the day celebrating Christian barrier-breaking contains a word from the Lord for us. Deeds, not words.
New Ways for a New Time
This is a time of many “firsts.” I suspect this is true of everyone. Our church staff, like all congregations
Good Friday
Morning coffee comes to our cells, We are not in jail, we are monks of the pandemic “Go to your
