As we processed into the ordination service, I learned my name was not printed in the bulletin, and someone pointed out that the new robe my church purchased for me was gray which is not an approved liturgical color. It all felt pretty ordinary until 90 minutes into the service when I knelt at the […]

Jesus came preaching, “Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!”  Most of us first heard this message as, “Repent. Here comes the kingdom of God.” In January, as we celebrated the Baptism of our Lord, I shared how back in 1930, the Southern Baptist professor and New Testament Greek scholar AT […]

Have you ever sat down on the top of a high mountain, maybe out on a rocky outcrop or up above the tree-line, maybe sharing some trail food with good friends?  Up there atop the mountain the view can feel like you see forever.  The “six days” wording surely links Jesus with Moses and Exodus […]