On those very rare occasions when as a child I misbehaved and knew that either my siblings’ retaliation or my mom’s wrath was imminent, I ran to the Safe Zone of our 2nd Floor Rear. Now what in the world was a “2nd Floor Rear?” It was my grandma’s bedroom. “So???” Well, because I was … [Read more…]

As the curtain was descending on the former millennium, and a spirit of renewed optimism had filled much of the world’s air, it didn’t even enter a cubic millimeter of mine. My home had broken apart and I was out of the ministry I so loved. My life had become intolerable. I struggled every day … [Read more…]

When I was 16, I was invited to play softball for a team called the “Christian 9” – which never made a whole lot of sense to me since the league always fielded 10 players on the diamond at a time – because of the Short Fielder – and we only had a total of … [Read more…]

Whenever there are five Sundays in a month(August 30th switched to September 6th), we celebrate our Lord in a different fashion. Instead of the usual order of service that includes a 30-minute sermon, our Praise Band leads us in singing several contemporary songs that are interspersed with prayers of thanksgiving and praise “from the floor.” … [Read more…]

We’ve all probably wished we had enjoyed the privilege of attending some notable historical event. Maybe you would’ve liked to have stood in solemn respect on that battlefield in Gettysburg when our then President Lincoln delivered his immortal address, or sat with awe inside Westminster Abbey during Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, or golfed on the … [Read more…]