One of the texts our church choir sang on Sunday was “The Hands That First Held Mary’s Child.” This Thomas Troeger poem, along with...

If you’ve been around long enough in church, you’ve probably had someone ask you the following question: “How is God working in your...

In my introductory blog post last April, I mentioned a hobby which has been recently rekindled from my long admiration for a lush, thick,...

This past summer, I was able to take eight weeks of rest from my normal responsibilities of church ministry. “Sabbatical” is the fancy...