You can’t stop Christmas!  It happened as an historical event and it continues to happen in our lives each Advent season.  We prepare . . . prepare our homes for visiting, prepare our meals for consuming, prepare our gifts for sharing, prepare our churches for worshiping, and (hopefully) prepare...

My wife and I recently had a nostalgic moment while driving to upstate New York to visit our daughter and new granddaughter.  We are from that area and were traveling along the “highways & byways” we had known for over twenty years.  It fostered much discussion about all the memories...

OK, last weekend I had my annual bout with converting to atheism.  This consideration is brought on while putting up our Christmas decorations!  Between the tree in the house and the lights outside, I wondered what I really believed in and why?!?!?!  First the tree.  We have a family tradition of...

It was November of 1979 that I entered the ministry of Christian education.  I can hardly believe it’s been 30 years!  It seems like “only yesterday”.  In that thirty years, God has taken me on such a wonderful adventure filled with experiences and opportunities not many others can...

. . . for His indescribable gift!”  This tight little phrase is one of my favorites because, while it is only eight words, there are literally thousands of words that I can add to it within invisible parentheses.  I always bring it out for display and meditation at this time of year.  It seems...

Many outside of the nautical world may not know this universal distress code (“••• ——— •••”) anymore, and perhaps our modern technology has relegated it to “Davy Jones’ locker?  Yet I believe it needs some revitalization and renewed emphasis today.  Traditionally,...

Here I’ve been a believer and Bible reader most of my life and I’m saying this ~ Deuteronomy is a fascinating book.  Here I’ve been in Christian school education for thirty years and I’m just beginning to appreciate this book’s depth, focus, and prelude to the gospel of...

The news had just announced the passing of Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame.  It made me sad and nostalgic for that time in my life.  I wanted to dust off my 331/3 collection of their songs, hearing once again “Puff the Magic Dragon”, “Leavin’ On A Jet Plane”,...

Along my personal spiritual journey, I have been blessed to visit a fair number of holy places across Europe and Russia.  I’ve seen many of the Gothic cathedrals and abbeys of England, ate lunch on the grounds of Stonehenge, and participated in a service in York minster, where mass has been “said”...

I went to “BEST BUY” the other day and guess what?  It was!  They had the item I was shopping for, and for the best price.  Hmmmm, they lived up to their name . . . how refreshing.  It reminded me also of the place where my wife and I buy our pizza.  On each and every box are the words, “You’ve...