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- June 20, 2025
Scene #3 JOINED BY A CUSTODIAN A custodian entered the chapel cautiously. “You alright, mister? I was going to clean…
- June 17, 2025
*Scene # 1 When God Calls Moses “I m-m-ay not b-be a great preacher, but no one can say I’m…
- June 13, 2025
(If you got this 2 or 3 times, please forgive the intrusion. It is because my son in law is…
- November 17, 2024
Can We Defeat God Have you ever gotten frustrated with the church? Perhaps you heard that WCC or NCC took…
- July 29, 2024
How A Church Listens The Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has…
- July 6, 2024
I've missed a couple of weeks while I try to learn how to use my new web-page and blog. In…
- June 7, 2024
Steps for churches FIRST STEPS FOR EACH CONGREGATION To expand the percentage of participants in the conversation, THE church leaders…
, - May 31, 2024
Guide for a personal Moral Inventory In our struggle to address racism, there are some parallels with the first steps…
, , - May 29, 2024
GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…
, - May 17, 2024
Where are denominations headed? What will they look like in the future? As I understand it, denominations developed more in…
- May 15, 2024
Never Off the Clock (Noah was the first to plant a vineyard.) It is the end of another long exhausting…
, , - May 10, 2024
EFFECTS OF GRIEF DENIAL “I didn’t lose a child,” I say, feeling irritation rising in me. “My focus was the…
, - May 8, 2024
RESEARCH Ariel pops up and heads to the kitchen for the bottle of wine and three glasses. "I'll also get…
, , - May 3, 2024
MY BODY BEGINGS TO SHAKE I'm silent as she holds me. Then the strangest thing begins to happen. I feel…
, - May 1, 2024
END OF THE DAY I can't tell you anything that happens from the time I leave the church until…
- April 26, 2024
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN WEAPONS OF TERRORISTS
October 31, 2025
More Powerful than Bombs, Guns, and Terrorists I know of two weapons, either of which are capable of causing the…
ECONOMICS AND FAITH
October 22, 2025
What is the most significant factor in the origin of racism in this country? Racism is an ideology that places…
HOW A CHURCH LISTENS
September 23, 2025
The Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has an intention for the…
GOD WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH
September 17, 2025
It is common to critique local churches for their faithlessness. Yet when you think about it, many of these churches…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (CONTIN)
September 11, 2025
Do you ever wonder what could happen if churches of different races but the same Gospel not only believed but…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (3)
September 9, 2025
Step two for the pastor. Explain to them that you want to have lunch and discuss the church’s role in…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT (2)
September 8, 2025
Being Spirit-led is anything but being on easy street. With the biblical stories before us, we know that a faithful…
TESTING GOD’S SPIRIT
September 6, 2025
In some corner of many pastors’ minds is the disturbing belief that most of their members, while verbalizing Christian beliefs,…
ADVANTAGES OF THE CHURCH
September 5, 2025
As depicted in the PowerPoint presentation, Step by Step Guide to Anti-Racism Ministry, we have some significant advantages that can…
OUR CHOICE (2)
August 31, 2025
Little was known about the planet’s intelligent life forms except for the puzzling reality that the entire population was separated…