There is a wonderful, perhaps apocryphal, story among preachers that crystallizes the way in which we sometimes misuse scripture in our preaching.  It is about a preacher who reads a text about Paul traveling on a ship and then the preacher proceeds to preach on the great “shi......

I appreciated Doug’s comments about Trinity in this week’s Chapel Bell. And while I don’t want to focus on the theological concept today, I do want us to keep in mind one aspect of Trinity – that of the community illustrated within the Godhead.I have had many conversations over the past......

Move 1 Origin Stories – More Benchmarks than HistoryAnniversaries and holidays are often anchored with stories of how it all began. Anthropologists call these “origin stories.” For marriages we f......

Most of my evenings end reading in my study.  I can never read a single book at a time so there are usually three or four books stacked on the wide windowsill by my old mission style rocking chair.  I slip back and forth among the bo......

Do you ever have one of those days?  You go to pour the milk for your cereal only to discover the carton is empty.  There is a fender bender traffic jam on the 64 and you are late getting to the office.  To make up for the poor start to your day you decide to treat y......