As I sit here drinking a big mug of coffee, following a very full Sunday that included a bunch of baptisms, I found it necessary to rewrite ...

 Merry Christmas! Here's a column I wrote for the local paper.  Christmas Rising One of the great things about living in South Florida i...

For clergy all over the world, ’tis the season to stress about what to say on Christmas Eve. The criteria for preachers is simple. Your serm...

I’m increasingly convinced that ecclesiastical nostalgia is the greatest threat to church growth. When we treat faith like a decorative Prec...

As long as I'm in the blogging mood -- hello 2007! -- let's talk about administering communion.  First of all, there is no greater j...