What Our Words Can Never Say
Emerson wrote: “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” -1 Indeed, actions not words are most important. These days, we don’t have to look […]
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Finally, Fulfilled Forever!
There is an old saying that goes something like this: To look is one thing. To see what you look at is another. To understand what you see is still
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Don’t Go it Alone!
Carved in wood over the door of a Church in Ohio, are the words, “Enter at your own risk.” Consider the meaning of those words: When you seek to experience
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Doing, Not Dreaming
Back in the late ’80s, there was a survey conducted by a major advertising agency entitled “Fears and Fantasies of the American Consumer.” Among the findings, they reported that seventy-five
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Submit Your Resignation
A young man went through college dreaming of landing an executive position in his father’s big manufacturing plant. On graduation day, the father took him aside and said, “Son, now
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Half of Me?
A priest seated himself at a coffee shop counter next to a man who immediately noticed his clerical apparel. “Where is your Church?” the man asked. The priest pointed in
Limitless Perspective
The late Charles Colson spent time in the White House as a senior presidential aide and then did time in jail as a “Watergate” conspirator. After his release from prison,
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Children’s Sunday Sermons August 2020
Children’s Sunday Sermon August 2, 2020 Good morning boys and girls. Today I want to tell you a story about a little ant who felt like he wasn’t treated fairly.
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Best on the Block
A funny thing happened several years ago in New York City: five new pizza parlors with five different owners opened in the same block. It soon became apparent that there
Disrobed
On a busy summer afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, two men, only a few feet apart, carry two very different forms of identification cards. The first man proudly
What About Yours?
A father who worked as an electrical engineer was helping his 14-year-old daughter with her online schoolwork. After explaining the properties of alternating and direct current, the daughter looked up
Searching for Jesus
“Lord, give us a miracle,” we pray. But that’s not usually what we mean. Our problem with miracles is that they’re so erratic, so unpredictable. They may occur here; they
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The Art of Listening
“Contact Community Helplines” is an organization founded on the belief that ordinary people can be trained to care and to heal. It has built a vast network of telephone workers
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Thy Neighbor’s Dog
In an honest bit of self-awareness, a man consumed with a constant level of anxiety confronts his struggle head-on during a life-changing moment of clarity. He explains: “I used to
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One by One
Theologian G.K. Chesterton asks us to consider how God might have created daisies. Did He create them all at once with one swoop of His mighty hand? Or did He
A Ducky and a Horsey?
One spring day, a gardener showed his neighbor a packet of seeds he had just purchased. The seed envelope pictured a beautiful array of exotic flowers. “I’m hoping this will
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If the Yoke Fits, Wear It!
Let me begin with the words of a Saint: “No one heals himself by wounding another.” -1 Echoing these words is a simple allegory about three men who set out
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Children’s Sunday Sermons June 2020
Children’s Sunday Sermon June 7, 2020 Good morning boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about the word “Salvation.” Maybe you have heard people talking about being ‘saved.’
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Can We Count You In?
At one of the “Special Olympics” events held in Seattle, nine contestants, all disabled in some way, lined up for the start of the one hundred-yard-dash. At the sound of
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When Nobody’s Cheering
Recently, a behavioral health counselor posted an urgent public service announcement on his Facebook page. You see, this man knows a thing or two about the challenges of addiction, mental
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