For every negative word spoken to us, it takes many more positive words to compensate for the pain. Words that hurt do great damage and last a long time despite any...

Sadly, we have done a good job using religion in general and Christianity in particular to give people the idea that God is mad at them. Over the years, I have...

While I was serving as pastor at Blakemore United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, the congregation welcomed into their space a congregation of Rwandan refugees who had come to the United...

Pentecost did not begin as a Christian holiday. The followers of Jesus gather together to await the visitation of the Spirit that Jesus promised, but hundreds and perhaps thousands of other...

Jesus tells his followers not to be afraid as he prepares them for a time when he will no longer physically be present with them. Not because there isn’t plenty for...

In both Greek and Hebrew one word means spirit, wind, and breath. When Paul writes that God’s Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God, he describes a...

When I was a boy I was afraid of the dark. We lived in a trailer, behind which we had built a small cinder block house with a washing machine, tools,...

The older I grow the more I resemble both my mother and my father. When I look in the mirror I see many of my father’s features in my own face....

I love to go hiking in the Nashville area’s many parks. Our city offers the blessing of many public parks both within the city limits and nearby. I experience a sense...

Over the years, I have learned that I will never forget books or plays that continuously repeat the same thing over and over. Even Hollywood has learned the lesson of repetition....