I remember like it was yesterdayUnpacking boxes,Finding Larry Murphy’s shoestucked away in the closet. I remember all the notes;The ‘nice-to-meet-ya’s.’And the food you brought—DiCarlo’s Pizza. I remember the tears, the doubts,The internal maybes.I remember...

“After his suffering he presented himself alive to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” (Acts 1;13) ‘After his suffering…’ Don’t overlook the awesome power of ‘after.’  Don’t read so...

“Now on that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were...

I can almost hear host, Gene Wood belting it out on the TV (or perhaps for many of you game show watchers it was Richard Dawson), but the words are burned into our collective...

My wife’s grandmother, Edith battled Alzheimer’s throughout most of the time I had the pleasure of knowing her. As many know, the disease devastates one’s cognition, but it also can tamper with temperament as...

The cool in the morning air signals a looming shift from summer to fall. Next. As such, our kids have begrudgingly traded sand buckets for lunch boxes. Next. It’s not even October and there’s...

If you blinked, you would’ve missed a bevy of movements occurring around us. Indeed, there has been no shortage of activity within the life of the church, both on the local and denominational levels. Given...

The Fourth and our celebrations often involve fireworks that have our faces fixed to the skies. In Acts 1, the disciples were doing the same, fixed on another spectacle: Jesus being taken up into...

God—you’re my God!    I can’t get enough of you!I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God,    traveling across dry and weary deserts. So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open,    drinking in your...

Christ Church Family,  With recent news coming out of General Conference and decisions made by our global body, we find ourselves in a transient time—a time that excites some and exasperates others. At once, there...