Prologues to My Prefaces™

  “[People] loved darkness rather than light.”   This phrase from John 3:19 has been on my mind this week in relation to current events. The...

The most compelling message of the Transfiguration is, for me, the imagery of heaven’s close proximity in time and space. Paul said that in ...

Jesus began his ministry by loving everyone into sacred community before he ever began the teaching, healing, and other facets of his minist...

Today is Human Relations Day in The United Methodist Church, and tomorrow is the national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. ...

Jesus found respite, relief, and empowerment in prayer, and we can, too. His miracles, preaching, teaching, and healing were often punctuate...

God has provided more than enough food for everyone in the world to have plenty every day, and yet world hunger is a persistent issue. It do...

Sower, tares, mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure, pearl, net, scribe – What do these have in common?  Each is one of eight parables prese...

God loves everyone and wants everyone to live together in peace and harmony. Our part is to reflect God’s kindness. If there is any judging ...

Jesus demonstrated what it means to sow seeds of kindness everywhere he went. His criticisms were reserved for those who worked against kind...

Acceptance of Jesus’ Great Invitation, “Come unto me,” is not defined by the books we carry, the verses we quote, or the organizations we ...

Here again, we are confronted with the kindness of the New Testament juxtaposed with the harshness of the Old Testament. Through the dichoto...

There is no satisfactory explanation for most of the tragedies and hardships of life. Some are caused intentionally. It is completely unfath...

Today is Father’s Day, and perhaps should be celebrated as a form of “Parent’s Day” since Mother’s Day is also celebrated as the “Festival o...

  We and all people are offered the same personal invitation of Christ as Matthew and others in the Bible, “Follow me.” It isn’t possible fo...

Today is observed as Trinity Sunday throughout much of Western Christianity, celebrating the unity expressed through the doctrine of the Tri...