text “It Always Seems Impossible Until It’s Done” Nelson Mandela, former South African President, died on December 5, 2013…
text "There is none so blind as the one who will not see." Entering the Fourth Sunday of Lent, traditionally known as "Laetare Sunday" …
text "Faith is the absence of proof." Mel Brooks, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1981 comedy film…
text "Faith is the absence of proof." Mel Brooks, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1981 comedy film…
text "Pay attention to the voice behind the curtain." There is a wonderful scene in the film, The Wizard of Oz, where Toto, Dorothy…
text "Pay attention to the voice behind the curtain." There is a wonderful scene in the film, The Wizard of Oz, where Toto, Dorothy…
text "What floats your boat?" Good question, I thought, as I stared at the bumper sticker on the boat…
text "What floats your boat?" Good question, I thought, as I stared at the bumper sticker on the boat…
text "What are friends for?" I don't recall when I first heard the phrase, "What are friends for?" …
text "What are friends for?" I don't recall when I first heard the phrase, "What are friends for?" …
text "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog." Coming home very late from a hospital call, I was listening on the car radio…
text "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog." Coming home very late from a hospital call, I was listening on the car radio…
text "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in." Once the rhythm and blues song, "I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In",…
text "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in." Once the rhythm and blues song, "I Hear You Knocking, But You Can't Come In",…
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago, when I was teaching in Dubuque, Iowa, I was invited to a Hymn…
text "What a friend we have in Jesus." Some years ago, when I was teaching in Dubuque, Iowa, I was invited to a Hymn…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" n you take." It was two days before Christmas eve that I reached up to the top shelf in the…
text "As we look back at those who have gone before us, what do we find?" n you take." It was two days before Christmas eve that I reached up to the top shelf in the…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text "Always give more than you take." Reading the daily obituaries always gives me a new lease on life. A firm…
text If you want the unlikeliest of answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, "Poetry is a life-giving force. For…
text If you want the unlikeliest of answers, then listen to the unexpected questions. In the words of the poet Mary Oliver, "Poetry is a life-giving force. For…
text "Lift up your eyes Upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream." The inevitable synchronicity of the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and…
