Lent: My Hypocrisy, To Dust?
"From dust you were formed, to dust you shall return." Those are the Ash Wednesday words. Ashes were rubbed in a cross on my forehead. Maybe on yours too.
I gave up soda for Lent. The weeks leading up were ...
Politics, Prejudices, and Hungry Dogs
It was a cold and drizzling Easter Sunday morning, early just before the sun rises, in rural northern Kentucky. I was assisting the local Methodist pastor in leading the community Sunrise Easter Service.
Rev...
Celebrating Easter Reconciliation: Alive & One in Christ
As we celebrate Easter and Christ’s empty tomb, we recognize that Calvary changes everything! Through Christ’s victory over death we not only receive forgiveness for sin, but if that were not enough, integ...
Death Be Not Proud: The Easter Gospel of Non-Violence
Tomorrow is "Good" Friday, the day Christians around the world remember Jesus' crucifixion. Last year on Good Friday one of my neighbors said to me, "I thought it's supposed to rain on Good Friday... but t...
My Letter to the IRS
As a Christian, Easter marks the most stunning act of grace and enemy-love in human history – Jesus’ death and resurrection. As Jesus was being tortured and executed, he cried out for mercy, even for those ...