I’m in the Philly airport waiting for a flight to Detroit. Looking around me I am reminded of that question that plagues every writer, cartoonist, or songwriter: “Where do you get your ideas?” Stories are all around us. 1. An Air National Guard sergeant is sitting beside me. Four people have come up to him [...]
It is twenty inches high and 230 feet long. Woven into the tapestry is the story of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings, 1066, when everything changed forever in the British Isles. But that’s a different story. The story is the tapestry. It is a work of art, stylish, detailed and complete…on [...]
I am SO not qualified for ministry. I frittered away my college years getting two doctorates that had nothing to do with theology, ministry, or baptistry maintainence. What was I thinking? Actually — I can tell you: I always knew that one day I would need a shrink so I became one so that when [...]
The Nation of Islam is marching in Washington this weekend. Neo-Nazi’s and gang members are fighting each other in the streets of Toledo, Ohio as I write this. And here in Detroit — the most segregated area in the United States, according to the census bureau — around seventy men and women met at Rochester [...]
She was a high school senior with a 4.0 and was bound for a good college when she got an “F” on a major test in advanced biology. Her fellow teens at church alerted us (ministers and elders) concerning the reason why: she had defended her belief in creation. Her teacher was an aggressive evolutionist [...]
I had an email on this subject that I think speaks more eloquently than can I. Let me share it with you and hear from you about whether or not this strikes a chord in your heart: “I’ve thought about your call for “high noon” stories over the past couple of days. the one resounding [...]
We have a seeker service every Wednesday we call “Connections.” We are doing a series on the intersection of film and faith entitled “Reel Spirituality” and have chronicled lessons from everything from “Napoleon Dynamite” to “O Brother Where Art Thou?” and this week we are discussing the classic Gary Cooper film, “High Noon.” If you [...]