Lost in Translation

I had a surprise earlier today when I opened my inbox. A pastor friend of mine, who leads a small church north of here, will be going away for several days and asked if I would fill in and preach…

Friday is the beginning of summer, 2013 - the day of the summer solstice as it is sometimes called. And we will be in the summer season until we arrive at the official beginning of fall in late September. Our…

As you know, I was in Knoxville earlier this week and I just happened to stay at the Holiday Inn - World Fair Park downtown. It brought back memories of the 1982 World's Fair that was held in Knoxville and…

Janet came to Williamsburg on Sunday and I drove here from Knoxville today. It's been kind of a strange spring. My mother-in-law broke her pelvis when she fell backward off a step and has been recovering near their home at…

I dropped Janet off at the Indianapolis airport this morning and continued on down the road, heading to Knoxville - continuing the trend I started earlier this year of training a number of teams from across the United States for…

It's Thursday evening and I just pulled into the garage back in Carmel. I've been gone three days and each time I head out, I already am thinking about returning home. I have driven close to 1000 miles in the…

It's been a long time since I have added any volumes to my theological library. I used to study incessantly and for the last several years, I have been so busy that I must admit that I haven't been as…

It's difficult to believe but the days are still getting longer and we have almost another month before we hit the longest day of the year. It seems like just yesterday that we were in the middle of winter and…

Today is the 50th day after Easter and that means that today is Pentecost, considered by many theologians and Christians alike as the anniversary of the birth of the church. Way back in Matthew 16, Jesus was talking with the…

When I was a young boy, my grandmother had a Bible that she used most of the time when she studied or read her devotions. And I don't mean she just "read" the Bible - I mean she "READ" the…