Life Lessons from a Wooly Mammoth
This was featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gatehouse Media on March 6, 2019. I love watching the famous Iditarod dog sled race that’s taking place this week in Alaska. … Read More
Blog posts for Empowerment
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
(This piece was featured as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church as well as a nationally syndicated column .) Thanks to a back injury last week, I spent an inordinate amount … Read More
“Things Ain’t Always What They Seem”
Please enjoy my latest nationally syndicated column by GateHouse Media!
Empowerment Hope Risk and Reinvention
Flying Without the Wind
Please enjoy my latest syndicated column featured in newspapers across the country, “Flying without the wind.”
Empowerment Risk and Reinvention
The Power of Words
Last Sunday I was honored to receive the John Haber Award for the Arts from the University of North Carolina . I was the twentieth recipient. The first recipient, comedian Lewis Black, was in attendance to give the award. Below … Read More
Empowerment Laughter Risk and Reinvention
WHAT am I doing?
Ever walked into a room and forgot why you were there? See what life lessons that unsettling experience can bring in my newest syndicated column through GateHouse Media … Read More
Storm the Treehouse!
Please enjoy my latest column featured by Baptist News Global entitled, “Climb the Ladder and Storm the Treehouse!”
Empowerment Hope Religion and Spirituality
Open the Sunroof
(This piece was also preached as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City.) I don’t know how it’s been where you live, but for … Read More
World Peace Through Pulled Pork
This piece was written as a column for GateHouse Media . I hail from a state that offers a no-fail plan for world peace. It’s not from politicians or pundits, peaceniks or … Read More
Changing the World
On Sunday, December 3rd, we gave everyone in our congregation a five-dollar bill. The members could choose anything they wanted to do with the money as long as … Read More