Today, the United States marks its 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial of a country whose relationship to its own founding has always been complicated.
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For the last eight years or so, our family has taken a short trip down to Galveston right after school lets out.
The summer before I entered seminary, I received a grant from the Fund for Theological Exploration
The Texas landscape in our part of the world is not famous for its beauty.
Our son loves musical theater. He was born for the stage. He loves the atmosphere and the way the theater class accepts differences more readily than almost anywhere else.
I can only remember two times in my adult life that someone has taken the time to look me in the eyes and give me a blessing.
Because my previous pastoral appointment was to a new church start, I didn’t have a normal church office. We worshipped in an elementary school, and the principal kindly let me office there as well.
When we hear Ecclesiastes 3, most of us skip straight to a funeral, or to the Byrds.