When Baptists Play Host for Ramadan

When Baptists Play Host for Ramadan

If you read my title and have the urge to say, “When pigs fly!” then you don’t know my Baptist people. In these days when the American president refers to unauthorized immigrants-even gang members- as animals, when Israeli soldiers kill dozens of...
When Your Bad Self Wins

When Your Bad Self Wins

This is the peace I missed this morning. These are the shades of green I missed-the green grass and the ivy and the darker green of the trees. This is the stream I missed with all its gurgling and birds that swoop down for a drink. There are squirrels too, dozens of...
When Jesus Gets Creepy

When Jesus Gets Creepy

  The question was simple. I wonder what the disciples thought when the risen Jesus appeared to them in a locked room? A third grader responded seriously, “There’s no way to keep Jesus from getting to you!” Well that’s a little creepy. Even creepier if he has a...
Doubts and First Grade Honesty

Doubts and First Grade Honesty

When you ask first graders if they’ve ever experienced doubt, get ready for some truth. There may be pain, so prepare yourself. “I had doubts that I could ever read.” “Once my dad got really mad, and I believed that I was a bad daughter.” Oh children. I’m sorry. They...