Small-print small group
MOST CHURCHES HAVE some sort of introductory class for new members. It typically outlines the particularities of their way of doing things, along with various opportunities…
The heart on Mary’s sleeve
ONE OF THE biggest mistakes I have made in my Christian life is thinking that I have to look like I have it all together, as…
Dealing with a dark night
ST. JOHN OF the Cross may have named the sense of spiritual abandonment many believers face at some stage in their life as “the dark night…
A drum roll for the year’s best
WHILE SANTA CLAUS was making his list and checking it twice, I was working on my own. This year’s review of what I considered “nice” also…
Wishing you an imperfect Christmas
IT WAS GOING to be a perfect Christmas. With jokes about looking out of the cabin window for Santa’s sleigh somewhere over the Atlantic, we’d gotten…
Snow globe moments
MUSICIAN ROY Wood is probably rubbing his hands as the royalties come in for his perennial Christmas hit, I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday. The…
Admirable Andrew
IF YOU HAD to choose one of the apostles as a role model, which one would it be? They each had their redeeming qualities, of course,…
Well said!
AS A LAY student of the Bible, I’ve spent a bunch of time ruminating on the words of Jesus. But I also wonder sometimes about the…
Carless and careless
FOR SOMEONE whose trade requires a heightened attention to the little details, I can be remarkably unobservant sometimes. Especially when it comes to cars. I think…
Stuck in a storm
THE VISITING speaker at church, last weekend, spoke about the time the disciples feared they were going to drown while Jesus snoozed in the back of…
