This week we will turn a page on our calendars. A new year will begin. Someone said an optimist stays up until midnight to greet the New Year. A pessimist stays up to be sure the old year departs. There are other differences between optimists and pessimists. Most churches […]

A group of shepherds left their flock to follow an angelic announcement of “a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). Among the well-known details, my question is: who kept the sheep? The shepherds left “with haste” for “the city of David”. Sheep lost ground on the shepherd’s priority […]

“God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world” is beautiful poetry written by Robert Browning. However, if God had remained in heaven, “all” could have never been right with the world. The story of Christmas is that God did not remain in heaven, but descended to earth in the person of a […]

We stood at the very back of the magnificent Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City while a tour host dropped a pin on the platform. In the silence and the semi-darkness, we clearly heard the sound of the pin hitting the floor. Such are the amazing acoustics of the Tabernacle. For […]

I had a difficult time switching from CNN last week as the terrorist attack on Mombai continued. Having ministered briefly in India and having former students presently serving in India, my interest level was high. All the good descriptive adjectives were used early and all I could think about were questions. How […]