The emotions of Holy Week run the gamut. From the wild enthusiasm of Palm Sunday morning to dread and anxiety of Maundy Thursday, the stark
Category: Holly Week
Call and Response: Excerpt from Poems, Prayers and Unfinished Promises
In December, Mossy Creek Press released my new book, Poems, Prayers and Unfinished Promises. I have been so gratified by the readers’ enthusiastic responses. From
Disappointing Others for God: A Reply to Elizabeth
the One whom we follow disappointed every false expectation placed on Him, and purposefully, for the larger call of what God wanted of Him. That
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, age, denomination—and learn from each
The Four Things That Matter Most
Please forgive me. I forgive you. Thank you. I love you. The wonderful New Testament scholar George Beasley-Murray once wrote that what the gospel
