Lent, which begins this Wednesday, is a powerful and important season of the Christian year. Unfortunately, we tend to think of Lent only in negative terms.

In the movie Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Bill Murray finds himself reliving the same day over and over, with exactly the same cast of characters playing exactly the same roles, for what seems like an eternity.

It is no secret that when it comes to church—both our local congregation and the broader body of Christ—we live in a complicated, angst-ridden era

What do you know about Damascus, Arkansas?

It’s Christmas Eve, that joyous time of celebration with family and friends, that night of wonder, a day to imagine peace on earth. For some, that is.

It does feel like the end of something, doesn't it? With the death of John Glenn yesterday, I can’t help but feel that we have lost something priceless.

Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb: "Physician, heal yourself.”

A TV station in Rochester, NY, set up a camera this morning and did a live feed from Susan B. Anthony’s grave.

Today is All Saints’ Day. It’s a day that has become important to me over the years because it reminds me of the “great cloud of witnesses” who have gone before us to blaze the trail of faithful discipleship

You have probably seen the video by now, or at least heard or read excerpts from it. No, I’m not talking about that video

Two contradictory stories have come to my attention in recent days.

Over lunch today, my friend Tim and I continued a conversation that began at church last Sunday. Among other subjects, we discussed  our congregation’s collective vision for the future.