Call me a Pentecrosstal

WITHOUT GETTING hung up on whether it’s a separate experience from conversion, I believe that the infilling of the Holy Spirit is every Christian’s new-birthright. And,…

Thanking a friend

ENGLISH POET Philip Larkin famously wrote that, in one way, life started for him in 1963 (Google his “Annus Mirabilis” for the unexpurgated version). For me,…

The serpent and the weasel

EVERYONE KNOWS about the serpent in the Garden of Eden, but many overlook the presence of another questionable creature. The weasel. Eve may have led the…

Facing the meanie in me

MUCH AS I hate to admit it, I have a bit of a mean streak in me. I like to present an affable face to the…

BC words in an AD world

WHEN I USED to teach classes on communications, I’d outline a glass on the whiteboard, then draw a line across it midway. “Is the glass half-full…