I am always intrigued the way persons use Scripture in public speeches. I especially appreciate it when people know scripture and can honestly make decisions about public and political issues on the basis of seeking to be faithful to God’s word. Recently, Dr. Willie...
It’s one of the most adamant words in the New Testament, and it is addressed to a community of people in Philippi, “Rejoice in the Lord always.” To, make sure they get it, the writer continues, “I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4) Paul, the person who...
Wherever we are and whatever is going on, the church often becomes a part of the conversation. “What is the church doing about the situation?” “Where is the church in the debate?” “Is the church going to take a stand?” “Why is the church involved…this is a political...
Where is God in all this? Even cartoonists are addressing the issue. In a recent Family Circus, Commercial Appeal, 7 -28-23) Bill Keane is reading Humpty Dumpty to his small son. As his father comes to the close and the fall… ““All the kings horses and all the king's...
Dennis the Menace, all dressed in coat and tie, leaving church with his mom and dad, looks up at the preacher who is greeting them and says, “For a preacher…you sure know a lot about sin!” Somewhere along the way I heard of a small “Christian” College in Arkansas that...
Whatever our experience, there is no Christianity apart from the Church. This is true because there is no such thing as solitary Christianity. Although our Christian faith and experience must be personal, it cannot be private. The more private we seek to make it, the...
I sing a lot. I don’t mean I sing a lot publicly. Most of my singing is at odd times, private and alone...when I’m driving, during my private prayer time, even when I’m waiting for an appointment. According to the circumstance and where I am, I sing aloud. I...
Lewis Grizzard was a syndicated newspaper columnist, the author of a number of books, and a rather sophisticated writer who pretended to be a redneck. He was brash, irreverent, and sometimes obscene. I often felt that he was laughing at something, such as, his...
Edith Sitwell said of William Blake, the great painter and poet, "Of course he was cracked. That's where the light shone through." I like that explanation! All of us are cracked somewhere, or we are not what we are cracked up to be. None of us are perfect and will...
I have recently become a reader of Bill Keane’s cartoon, Family Circus. It is modeled after the cartoonist’s own family—his wife Thelma, and their children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J. In a recent scene Billy issues, a huge AH-CHOO sneeze into the face of Dolly....