Hope Religion and Spirituality
Pray Like A Telemarketer
PRAY LIKE A TELEMARKETER This piece was featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Tell me if this sounds familiar: You come home at the end of a long … Read More
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Come Back Star of Bethlehem . . . Come Back!
This piece was preached as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City on Sunday, January 6, 2019. I spent New Year’s in North Carolina, and in … Read More
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.”
The Weaponization of Pimento Cheese
TSA stole my pimento cheese while going through security. Check out my syndicated column on the experience entitled, “ The Weaponization of Pimento Cheese .”
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A Baptist-Muslim WUT?
Check out my latest syndicated column with GateHouse Media entitled, “ A Baptist-Muslim WUT ?”
Don’t Postpone Joy!
I write this early Monday morning in front of a roaring fire in Vermont reflecting on the beautiful weekend I just spent wallowing in joy. Friday night I … Read More
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April Fool, Grim Reaper–He is Risen!
Please enjoy this summarized version of my Easter sermon as featured in my most recent syndicated column .
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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
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
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Beethoven on Inner Peace
I’m sure you have all heard of the great composer Beethoven and his famous piece the 9th Symphony. It was heralded as a work of genius because Beethoven … Read More