The tragic loss of two 14 year-old boys in Florida last month brought back a lot of memories. While the Internet lit up with outrage at the parents for letting two boys go fishing in a 19-foot boat, I thought …

Feeding the multitude is the only pre-crucifixion story about Jesus that occurs in all four gospels. I conclude from that that the early church found it to be particularly important. In John’s telling of the story, it was close to …

Dr. Seuss, in his wonderful book, “The Sneetches,” tells the story of two groups of creatures that were identical with the exception of one little thing: half of them had stars on their bellies. “Those stars weren’t so big. They …

Pentecost is the fiftieth day since Easter Sunday. The first one just happened to be on a Jewish festival that celebrated the harvest and the giving of the law to Moses on Mt. Sinai, so Jerusalem was probably filled with …

It has been a lousy news week. Last weekend, one of the strongest earthquakes in the last century struck Nepal causing massive damage, a death toll expected to exceed 10,000 affecting more than 8 million. Nepal is a country woefully …

Two very different responses to the call this week: Mark tells us about Jesus hanging by the Sea of Galilee and inviting brothers Simon and Andrew and then James and John to join him. Not sure if it is a …