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On New Year’s Eve I asked the readers of this blog to think about what this next year might bring, and how each one of us might live differently. I…

I know that I write often about the 1947 movie, “The Bishop’s Wife”, but is so rich with meaning and full of lessons we can still learn from today. For…

The internet, as well as the ever-increasing ability to transport products quickly and cheaply, have left Mom & Pop shops floundering. Our family loves to go to a small beach…

Last week I went to the Farmer’s Market to get my week’s supplies, and I passed a diner that had, on its sign, “This Sunday – Breakfast with Santa –…

I have told the story many times – I was in Cincinnati serving a poor, inner-city church, when I walked into the hall and found about a dozen neighborhood residents,…

In my sermon yesterday, I spoke about the ways we either completely change the stories of our faith or fiddle with them so they fit our personal perspectives. We think…

I remember that moment when the dam broke loose on television and profanity entered the lexicon. It wasn’t a big word, or a necessarily foul word (it was @$$), but…

One of the central points of contention in the church of the 1500’s was whether or not we could rely on good works to get us into heaven. I have…

Last night I gathered with about 100 people at the very cold corner of 5th and Penn Street in Reading, PA, to light a large electric Menorah. Across the street…