2020 - January

An alto in our choir works in the big leagues at a nearby university. This alto has shared that the campus has made it clear that no one is to call freshmen by that title. They are now to be addressed as first years. Why? The name ‘men’ is offensive…

In a column this past fall, I shared as a single pastor that I have been trying to adopt children. I wrote of heartbreak at that time. Now it’s time to share joy. I became a foster-to-adopt dad of five siblings two days before Thanksgiving, 2019. It was best to…

There have been countless times you’ve heard, “That’s not fair!” At one point, it’s likely Peter said this too, especially as a boy. Yet adult Peter says, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism (verse 34).” Conceptionally, we get adult Peter’s point. God is fair, just and equal….

When we lose the notion that church is heaven and all those who worship there are angels complete with halos and wings, then we actually begin to give something rather than get something. And that is what church is—the opportunity to give something. What do we give? Oh, I’m not…