I have spent most of my ministry in big metropolises but have not lived in a community of under 4,000. You know you live in a small town...

We pause today to remember our fallen heroes. Thank you for defending and giving your lives to keep us safe and the banner of freedom...

I grew up in the great state of Louisiana. It was a very diverse community of people and cultures. When I think about the church on...

Urban Ministry is messy. It involves loving all people. Some come into our stream of consciousness with messy and broken lives. Because...

There’s an old saying, “God couldn’t be everywhere at once, so he made moms.” That statement has horrible theology in it. But it...

When I talked to a few frustrated rural pastors, at the heart of their frustration was the sense that because there was not a large...

This story is familiar. In 1972, and after 308 years, the First Church of Newton, Mass., called it quits. It gave its assets to a museum,...

"Can't see your nose in front of your face " Idiom Meaning - Being oblivious to something obvious, in clear view. On the Road to Emmaus...

In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] recalled the words he heard as a...

24 Thomas, the one called Didymus, one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples told him, “We’ve...

In the first century, Rome executed criminals by crucifixion. It was a humiliating and agonizing experience. There was no concept of...

A cross on a hill The press reported a heart-rending story, telling of a young father who shot himself in a telephone booth. James Lee...

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said...

“And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me...

Former heavyweight boxer James (Quick) Tillis is a cowboy from Oklahoma who fought out of Chicago in the early 1980s. He still remembers...

My ministry has only known churches with a Christian Day School. My ministry has also only known churches and schools operating when I...

One of the pivotal moments in my life was going to a Lutheran preschool. It changed the direction of my life. My family grew up strong...

Actress Joan Blondell uses an ordinary kitchen timer to pull herself up out of the dumps. Says she: “I set the timer to for 6½ minutes to...

Owning any type of business is an excellent way to be your own boss, set hours that work for your lifestyle, and make a good living....

One of the least fun parts of my work is telling a church it is time to let go. When I have to discuss this possibility with leadership,...