Posts by Michael R.

“Your sermon from two weeks ago really hit home for me.” Hers was the kind of response that every preacher wants to hear. Being the attentive and alert preacher that I am, I responded, “Tell me about that.”...

I’ve been thinking a lot about rain, flood waters, and the need for an ark. If you lived here, you would understand that it doesn’t take too creative a mind to be thinking as I am. We’ve had rain—lots and...

What are you going to do when Jesus doesn’t play by the rules . . . when he doesn’t behave like a good son of God should? Well, the safest thing to do is to reshape Jesus into our image. It’s not all that...

Click photo for photo creditI’ve been thinking a lot about hypocrites. Goodness knows they are easy enough to spot. They’re everywhere! If truth be told, I’ve got one or two in my church. Don’t even get me...

Of Jesus birth, Paul wrote, “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as...

They said it was so. I didn’t believe them. What did they know? They were old. I’ve become one of them and now I know they knew what I did not. What I now wonder is: Did what they know make any difference or...