May is the month that we celebrate The Kentucky Derby, BBQ, the end of school, and most importantly - mothers. It is our mothers that teach us many lessons in how to survive the crazy world that we find ourselves in. My mother has taught me a lot. Here are just a few: "Always treat...
I am ready for the new life, sunshine, and the fresh produce of Spring! Especially since the first day of Spring we received the “gift” of cold weather and snow in Owensboro. This led me to remember when I was a student in seminary. I had a professor say that the...
This month is the beginning of Lent. This is a time when we all are invited into a journey with God to discover ourselves and our relationships with God. We are also given the opportunity during this season to wander. You know, humans are built to wander. History is crisscrossed by their...
People the world over anticipate and celebrate the coming of a new year. In the United States, we have the ball drop in Times Square, the peach drop in downtown Atlanta, and champagne toasts in every town and village. In Spain, they eat twelve...
Several years ago, a few pastors were lamenting how they’d come to the end of an Advent season exhausted and sensing they’d missed it again: the awe-inducing, soul-satisfying mystery of the incarnation. No wonder there was a dread at the beginning of each new season as they prepared...
Christians who want to please the Lord often have questions about tithing. The dictionary defines the word “tithe” as “a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment.” It was a common practice...