We’re sneaking up on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  It is absolutely staggering to consider the willful destruction of 50 million human lives.  Often lost in the midst of political battles is what is actually being debated – precious human lives.  What could be more consequential than that? In recent weeks there has […]

I love Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (as well as everything else Dickens ever wrote).  There is generally a reason the classics are classics.  I love the book.  I love every film adaptation I have ever seen, from the Muppets to Magoo to the 1984 George C. Scott version.  Patton makes a great Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge […]

It is easy to assume that the problems and evils of the world are the result of a few bad eggs “out there” who keep gumming things up for the rest of us.  Most of us are “good people” who don’t “hurt anybody.”  There are those people though.  They are the ones who ruin things […]

“Like a kid at Christmas….”  We can relate to that picture, can’t we?  The unbridled joy and excitement of presents piled deep and high, stockings brimming over with unopened goodies?  The time free from school and normal cares for extra doses of food, candy, and cookies?  The family gatherings, the decorating, and the worship (I […]

I was just emailing with one of our members.  We were thinking about how to keep God the central focus of worship (odd that that even needs to be considered, isn’t it?).  She said something that got me thinking. It’s just like, Christmas.  You do all this planning, eating, shopping, decorating, wrapping, traditions, advent calendars, […]