Two people died this past weekend who had a worldwide following.  The first was the Canadian rock ‘n roll icon Sass Jordan.  The other was Rev. Jim Bakker, former head of the PTL (Praise The Lord) Club.  They had little to nothing in common, other than the proximity...

There is a cheesy line that clergy use to define their jobs: we “hatch, match and dispatch”.  It’s corny, but it is also true.  One of the things that drew me to ministry was that it offered me the opportunity to be a part of people’s lives through every stage and...

Autumn slipped into our week, almost unnoticed. It showed up just after 8 pm on Tuesday, quietly, but full of promise. It shook hands with summer, bidding it a well-deserved rest, and assumed its mantle of leadership, such as it has since the dawn of time. Before it...