I was talking to a bride and groom on Saturday. They wanted me to read a bit of Colossians 3. So I did. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. People argue. People are selfish. People cut in front of other people. And often […]

Mary was crying. It was the quiet kind of crying that happens when you talk to a group about your your life. About being beaten. About escaping with your life. About marrying and helping save lives. About losing your husband three months ago. It was the quiet crying after you sit down, grateful to have […]

(First published June 22, 2010) Simon Johnson, a devotional writer, talks about a spiritual growth plan: “Do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge” and then goes on through self-control, patience, devotion to God, kindness toward your brothers and sisters, and love. […]

Arthur Holmes died over the weekend. While I was a student at Wheaton College, I didn’t have him for class. I thought briefly about majoring in philosophy, but I went the easy way, communication. I did meet him in the late eighties when I was teaching at a small college and he came to a faculty […]