Lost in Translation

For my second week as a guest pastor for my dear friend, Steve Smith, I decided to preach on another great set of verses in the Bible. While we are all familiar with the creation story in Genesis 1:1-2, there…

Today was the first Sunday of my four week commitment to shepherd the church that my friend, Dr. Steve Smith, has near Nashville, IN. Steve is in Israel for a month and I'm helping him out during his absence. Since…

This past Wednesday, February 22, 2023 began the liturgical season of Lent. This season, following a season after Christmastide referred to as "ordinary time" will be a total of 46 days in length. However, this includes six Sundays that are…

As I enter my 71st year, I can't help but reflect on how I have been the recipient of God's grace so many times in my life. This thought has permeated my consciousness this past weekend and I find myself…

I am teaching through the Johannine epistles and we are currently in the book of 1 John. Talk is primarily about the command that Jesus gave us to love one another. But we have also discussed good and evil -…

One of the questions that I get asked from time to time is what is the requirement to be considered a "Christian." It turns out that if you ask most people why they think that they are going to heaven,…

Several days ago, on the morning of December 31, 2022, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed into the arms of Jesus. The Vatican has been strangely quiet on the exact nature of his final illness, but it is known that Pope…

We recently started the season of Advent - last Sunday, in fact. The season of Advent is the beginning of the new liturgical year - the time that we celebrate the upcoming birth of Jesus and His entrance into the…

This Fall, the Soul Sisters have been studying Paul's letter to the Romans. I have been privileged to walk with them through this time and each week I have tried to expand on the lesson in the companion devotional by…