BLOG Your New Favorite Holiday! Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Born in Bethlehem, in a manger, aka a feeding trough. Because there was no room at the Inn. Why was there no room at the Inn? Because Bethlehem was teaming with people. The ancestors of King David had to report …
BLOG There’s No Shame In Getting Health I worry that my girls won’t have a good life. I worry that my fourteen-year old dog will be in pain and I won’t know it. I worry that the mechanic won’t tell me the truth about the strange noise my car is making. I worry about being …
BLOG This Is Who We Are “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) This is the major difference between human beings and animals. Both have been created by God. But only human beings have been created in …
BLOG From Point A to Point B The blueish-green haze of the microwave clock. The Bath and Body Works Wall Flower night light in the bathroom. The street light out in front of my neighbor’s house. The solar lights in the front of my house. And, finally, the moonlight streaming in through the windows. All …
BLOG Twenty-Three Years I have lived in Venice, Florida for the last twenty-three years. Longer than I have lived in any one place in my entire life. Heck, I was thirty-three when I moved to Venice. Doing the math blows my mind. Twenty-three years before moving to Venice I was eleven-years old and in …
BLOG My Charade When I was in high school, in western Pennsylvania, the Ski Club was a big deal. Everyone who was anyone belonged to the Ski Club. During the winter they would take trips to the local ski resorts. Since these trips always happened over a weekend, it was the custom for everyone, who …
BLOG Based on Matthew 18:21-35 There once was a guy that was into his bookie for $10,000. He had a gambling problem and the problem was that he always lost at gambling! One day, on his way home from work, he ran into two very scary men. They invited the man to join them in …
BLOG Your Mission Holy Week is all about contradictions.: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” on Palm Sunday. “Crucify him!” on Good Friday. Jesus washing the disciple’s feet at the Passover in the upper room. The very feet of the men who would betray and abandon him …
BLOG Pray Until You Pray! My daughter called me on her way home from work. This isn’t an unusual occurrence, which makes this old man very happy. On this specific occasion, she hadn’t had the greatest of days. Which made the typical “Tell me about your day” conversation starter, a non-starter. Thus, after the …
BLOG The Universe of Fandom It was January 28, 1996. The Pittsburgh Steelers were playing the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX, at Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona. I was a died-in-the-wool, cut me and I will bleed black and gold, Steeler fan. I was so excited for the big game. My entire family …
