Sermon Series:Acts

This past Monday-Memorial Day-our family drove over to Bowie to spend the day with Sue’s parents and siblings and their children. We do this every year. In fact, it’s kind of become a Memorial Day tradition. We all meet at Sue’s sister’s house. Her brother, Lewis, spends the morning grilling several kinds of meat. Everyone […]

One of my favorite true stories centers around a chapter from the life of the colorful nineteenth century violinist, Nicolo Paginini. It all happened toward the end of one Paganini’s concerts. He was accompanied by a full orchestra and was playing a very difficult piece of music before a packed house. Suddenly in the middle […]

I don’t know about you but I’m a fan of all those satirical “WHY” questions that tend to float around in the Internet. Here’s some examples of what I’m talking about: WHY do they call apartments-“apartments” when they are so close to each other? Shouldn’t they be called “Togetherments?” WHY do we park in driveways […]

Today, in some parts of the country it’s customary to spend time after lunch decorating the grave of your deceased mother. I remember during my years in college down in Alabama-this was a big deal-the whole family went to church and then to lunch and then out to the grave to place fresh flowers. If […]

A few weeks ago 28 of us spent two days in Richmond attending a Building A Contagious Church conference. This conference was sponsored by the Willow Creek Association-and I must say-as someone who considers himself an “expert” on church conferences-it was excellent. I refer to myself as an expert because I’ve attended tons of church […]

As any parent knows, children love to play by pretending to be something they’re not. In fact, most toys are designed to help kids pretend in some way. My two girls had a toy kitchen and pots and pans so they could pretend to cook like their mother. We even had a huge plastic bin […]

I don’t know about you but, to be honest, I’m always a little skeptical when I hear about a miracle worker because over the years I’ve been exposed to so many fakes. I’ve seen charlatans talk little old ladies on fixed incomes into sending them hundreds of dollars in exchange for a handkerchief they had […]

Years ago one of the teens in my seminary church asked me to come to the next meeting of his High School Christian Club and share my testimony. I agreed and went-but before I began, the club sponsor asked me to identify which denomination I was a part of. In my reply I said that […]

When Sue and I started dating, one of the first things I learned about her was how much she admired the paintings of Norman Rockwell. She had a chest-full of her own personal collection of prints of his work that she had collected over the years in various forms-including several Norman Rockwell plates and bells […]