Despite the fact that I re-sprained the arch of my left foot doing so, and had to hobble the rest of the way through it, I thoroughly enjoyed getting out on the

While I was in the Philippines in 2004, Miriam orchestrated, with the help of several friends in the church, the redecoration of my office. I had worked in it for months with it

Every so often I don the role of Embarrasem Keillor and tell the congregation a story such as the one below about the saints of a church named Sycamore located near Lake Woes-

When it comes to college education, perhaps you should not listen to me. * My oldest son is only a senior in high school, so I cannot yet claim to speak from family experience.

Now look carefully at the title. This is not entitled blogology, which would be the study of the history of weblogs and their societal impact. Neither is it **_blogistics, _**which would measure the

Recently a friend who attends our church asked me: "Would you give me some scripture that supports the church's decision to be so selective in who partakes in communion?...As

_“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the

Almost every newspaper or news magazine likes to tout that they are unbias and objective in their reporting. Yet all of us, when retelling events we have witnessed or researched (which is at

Last post (see below) I explained how I suffer from Celiaism. I know how annoying people can be who insist on telling you about every ache and pain of their condition, but bear

I thought I would use this blog site to announce that recently I have been diagnosed with a condition known as "Celiaism." Perhaps I should have called each of you personally

My last blog (see below) told the story of the missionary Boniface. He cut down the Oak of Thor in the Middle Ages to remove the superstitious idol from among the Germanic people

(At a college dinner the other night, I read the following story with the title above.) With his boots crunching the fallen leaves beneath him, and the early morning mist beginning to fade

"Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be **_noticed by men _**when they are fasting. Truly