Staying Connected

"Where did I lose you?" Oh, the frustration of another dropped mobile telephone call! In spite of the promises of my cell phone company, it does not take more than a turn in the road on Paoli Pike for me to lose the person on the other end of the phone. Oh...

Creating Space for God

What a busy week! An upcoming trip to Australia and India would have been enough – PowerPoints to prepare, lecture notes to assemble, bags to pack. On top of that, this week was our church’s annual missions conference requiring significant speaking and...

So Easy….the Life of Hypocrisy

Years ago, late at night, a fistfight began just outside of my college dorm room. As I opened the door, I was surprised to see the president of the campus Peace Society with his fists flying. My mind wandered to his eloquent expressions of his passion for peace. I...

Some Things Don’t Belong to Me

I love to learn and enjoy a wide array of reading. No matter how much I read, however, I will remain an unlikely participant on Jeopardy, a popular TV quiz show in the United States featuring trivia on many subjects. “Knowing it all" has much allure for me....