Welcome to the second day of the Dormition Fast! The wisdom of the fasting disciplines of the Church is meant to reinforce the reality that unless the faith is holistically…
He looked at me right in the face and said the words I will never forget: “When you’re ready to sell all you have to have this faith, then, and…
OK, let me confess something; I am not very talented when it comes to growing things. In fact, every time I've tried to plant and tend a garden, it has…
My grandfather was an amazing storyteller. He was always a larger-than-life figure in my eyes as a boy and still is even as a grown man. He had this ability…
What is it about close relationships that either blind you or enlighten you? What I mean is, I’ve known folks who were so close to someone else that they were…
Have you ever thought about all those people Jesus healed during His ministry here on earth? They were so happy, grateful, and changed. In some cases (the illness of leprosy)…
The old computer coder adage is "Garbage in - Garbage out." It meant that if the computer programmer got his code wrong, then it just stands to reason that the…
One of my favorites was in the 1969 comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff." In this movie James Garner plays a character that becomes sheriff in an Old West town just…
I’ve heard this so many times: Why can’t I find love? What’s wrong with me? The expectations of some fairy tale notions wound us and wound our children. And that,…
“He’s steady as a rock!” With those words, the person giving the reference for this potential hire gave a strong and satisfying look to the potential employer. And she was…