With Mother’s Day approaching I have been thinking of my mother. I wrote this five years ago. It was my…
Christian Clichés Sermon Series – If You Have Enough Faith
If You Have Enough Faith . . . Biblical texts Matthew 17:20 New Living Translation “I tell you the truth,…
Letters I Had to Write to Try to Change the Culture
What was considered “normal” at the beginning of your ministry that might surprise people today? That was a question posed…
Christian Clichés Sermon Series- Everything Happens for a Reason
Biblical text Romans 8:18-28 Contemporary English Version 18 I am sure that what we are suffering now cannot compare with the…
Christian Clichés Sermon Series – God Needed Another Angel
Biblical text: John 11:1-40 New Living Translation A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters,…
Christian Clichés Series- God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
Biblical texts: Luke 5:17-26 New Living Translation 17 One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious…
The Last Tree
“Tessa, the guy who’s power washing right now also paints!” As Ward looked at his wife of thirty-three years…
Joseph the Dreamer
Joseph, the Dreamer Advent 4 “A” Matthew 1:18-25 When I was growing up my Papa would so often look at…
Freedom? A short story
A friend reminded me of this story I wrote from a few years back that drew us together since we…
Sebastian’s Springtime Adventure
This is an account of an actual event from 1984 through the eyes of one of the cats I have…
