Posts by pwsadmin

I have been a wrestler since I was 14. From Jr. High through post-college competition, I have always loved the sport. I’ve coached kids, college age, and have continued as…

Last week I posted that Jesus was, in many ways (but not in every way), woke. I define woke the way the Urban Dictionary does: alert to injustice and discrimination…

There are a lot of stumbling blocks that keep us from fully connecting with God, and unanswered prayer is, for me, the most difficult one. You might be one of…

I was just reading about a unanimous decision by the trustees of Marymount University, a small, liberal arts college in Virginia, to cut the following majors: English, history, math, art,…

Salt is one of those things we don’t think of much, yet it is essential in so many ways. Too much salt in our diets and we are in trouble;…

I was shocked when I learned about McCarthyism, one of the darkest times in American history. Led by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was tyranny wrapped in the flag; he…

A friend posted this billboard the other day; he saw it as he was driving through Georgia. “Every Tongue Will Confess Jesus is Lord Even the Democrats”. The word “Democrats”…

I have been in my current church in Reading, PA, through 6 or 7 mayors; a dream for an ex-UMC guy, to be honest. Every mayor dealt with issues differently,…

I was born in 1960 – the Supreme Court made school-sponsored prayer illegal in 1962. Do the math – I never had any kind of school prayer forced on me.…

Frank and Edna Howell were long-time members of Andover United Methodist Church (NJ), where I served as pastor from 1986-1990. I met them when Frank was 88 and Edna was…