Thursday, I attended the fund-raiser for the Donnie Shell Scholarship Foundation. Our friend the Rev. Dr. U. A. Thompson invited me. It was an honor to meet Mr. Shell. He…
This scene from the life of Jesus our Lord is very familiar to us, isn’t it?. First, we have read this story many times and we know the narrative: Jesus…
Ask and you shall receive. Last week, I asked Reggie to sing today the old Christian rock song “Since I Opened Up the Door.” It is from the soundtrack…
Every day is a mixture of the new and the old. New feelings, old feelings; new businesses, old businesses. I read the article about the new sober social club,…
It is a good feeling to finish something important: building a house, writing a book, planting a garden, putting a kid through college! Or maybe it is something you…
Mary may be the most famous mother in history. She is a central character of the gospel stories in the Bible. She is a primary person in the Christian faith and…
I am not a fisherman, but I understand this story. I have a good friend who is a fly-fisherman. He works the rivers of Texas on a regular basis. He…
There are 2,550 questions in the Bible, give or take a few. What questions come to your mind? We normally think of the Bible as full of answers, but…
In 1901 and 1902, a Harvard University professor gave a series of lectures in Edinburgh, Scotland. His name is William James. The lectures were published under the title The Varieties…
This is the first resurrection appearance of Jesus. But there are some odd things about it. First, it is not mentioned among the appearances by Paul, the Apostle, in…
