I like to dance. I’ll probably never be invited to appear on Dancing with the Stars or even participate in community musical theater. But I like to dance. I’ve never had formal training or been particularly...
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A sermon preached at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana. I grew up in Athens, Georgia, in a church similar to this one in many ways. Many of the sights and sounds and smells are...
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This is not an easy blog for me to write because it’s coming from a place in me that is really confused and daunted by struggles that feel much bigger than I am and require a much wiser soul. I’m not sure...
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Easter Sunday. Had it occurred in Depression-Era Mississippi, rather than 1st Century Roman-occupied Jerusalem (and it very well could have), when the women arrived at the tomb they would have beheld a man...
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After 54 years of being a Jesus-follower, 44 of those as a pastor, I confess that the Jesus-story remains an unfathomable story. From what can be known, it seems that he had been a good son, a loving brother,...
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Your offering shall be without blemish without blemish What can a man do? What can a man do that is with out blemish? What can a man give? What can I do? What can I give? The calves no longer bawl Nor the...
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“…But the hearts of men are easily corrupted… And the ring of power has a will of its own.” (The Lord of the Rings) “Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in...
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Well another Mardi Gras season has passed. Much was likely written – and more thought – by secular and religious writers alike about the celebration and excess. Likewise, Ash Wednesday was observed...
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