What is True and What is Right
This piece was featured by Baptist News Global and delivered as a sermon at Madison Avenue Baptist Church on January 2, 2022. Due to the recent spike in COVID infections in New York City, our church … Read More
Blog posts for Hope
Empowerment Hope Religion and Spirituality
The Metaverse and the Manger
This piece was featured as an article in The Christian Century as well as broadcast as a sermon at Madison Avenue Baptist Church NYC . I am a liberal arts major from the disco-era who is enamored with the … Read More
Cancer (and other road hazards) Empowerment Hope Judgment and Forgiveness Self care
Am I Gonna Ride This Thing or Not?
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. There are a lot of things that the Bible doesn’t tell us. For instance, what did Jesus do between … Read More
The Holiday is Pronounced THANKSgiving
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. It’s hard for me to believe that New York City (where I now live) is part of the … Read More
The Power of a Pinwheel
I was in the parking lot of the Walgreens recently and heard squeals of laughter coming from a Kia Soul nearby. Not knowing a drug store to be … Read More
Empowerment Hope joy Self care
Not Today, Satan!
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. Some days, you just feel it. It’s like a disruption in the force, … Read More
Empowerment Gratitude Hope joy Second Chances Self care
Eat, Pray, Love . . . at Home
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network The Coronavirus has changed everything about our world, including our language. Words that … Read More
Just Keep Swinging
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. If Jesus came back, I think he would return as the late, … Read More
You Gotta Have a Visual
This piece was written as a Lenten devotional for Park Minster Church in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Peter Holmes, pastor. Let me begin with a confession: I have an unfettered weakness for cheeseburgers, Reese’s Cups, and onion dip. Not served together. Usually. Most of the time, I can … Read More
Duct Tape, Bailing Wire, and the Grace of God
This column was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. You never know how a sermon will turn out, but I knew the one on December 20th was going to be … Read More