What Time is it?Text: John 18:33-37 The most common question that I am asked these days is: “Gary, what are going to do in your...
Tomorrow Just Won't DoTexts: Joshua 24:14-15; Matthew 25:1-13 I was young, in love, and broke . But since I was young and in love, I didn’t let the “broke”...
Tidings of Comfort and JoyText: Psalm 98 I have a delicious early childhood memory. It is not a memory of home but of a Sunday School class. My Tidewater Sunday...
Not One of UsText: Mark 9:33-41 The disciples of Jesus look dumb in Mark’s Gospel. Maybe a kinder and gentler way to say it would be that the...
And the Answer Is . . .Text: Job 1:1-2:10 The character I understand best in this story is not God. It is definitely not Job, at least the Job we meet early...
A Field of DreamsText: Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-13 Election season is upon us and with it comes the constant political rhetoric of “happily ever after.” Like...
Dancing to a Different TuneText: Isaiah 2:1-5; Revelation 22:1-5; Mark 8:27-38 I can never sing, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” the same way. Our travel group of...
Sing Me to HeavenText: Revelation 17:9-17 Toward the end of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot , Vladimir asks Pozzo: “What do you do when you fall...
An Engraved LifeText: Luke 14:1, 7-14 Look for Jesus in Luke’s Gospel and you are likely to find him at a dinner table. That is where we find him...
ShoutText: Matthew 15:21-28 Some years ago, I read a most peculiar assessment done by the Environmental Protection Agency. In it, the EPA...