Asking Good Questions: A Sermon for a Young Parent
I’d want them to know my love was so strong that no matter how bad it gets, how far down
Category: Children
Standing Up for Children in Birmingham, Alabama
Several years ago, Dr. Penny Marler approached me about participating in a program where pastors might become friends across differences—race,
Keeping Children Safe in a Dangerous World
Last weekend, our family gathered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, to celebrate my parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. I must hasten to
Andy Griffith’s Kinder, Gentler Community
I’ll admit it—I long for Mayberry and simpler living. Maybe it never existed, but something in us says, “It ought
Memories of Dad
There were times as a young man when I complained to myself A memory of Dad…where do you start? I
To Kill A Mockingbird…50 years later
Here in Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird is one of our great treasures. You can still go to Monroeville, Alabama
Grandparents, Moneyball and the Call to Worry
Watched “Moneyball” Sunday night. I liked it. It surprised me. I wasn’t sure that it could be faithfully made into
Thank You, Ella Jones: Churches, the Arts and Why They Matter
I nearly always prefer the hidden, obscure, local and unnoticed to the Big Stuff. Celebrity…zzz…even small pond big fish I
Life Coaching with Napoleon–Dynamite, that is.
Napoleon Dynamite. It’s been seven years and I still laugh at this movie. I have it on DVR so I
A Case for Thanksgiving Eve
So it is Thanksgiving Eve. If Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve) can be an elaborate anticipation of the solemnity of All
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 