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For those of us who follow the liturgical calendar in our churches, we are in the midst of the 40 days of Lent. It’s a ...
For those of us who follow the liturgical calendar in our churches, we are in the midst of the 40 days of Lent. It’s a ...
Between the massive pinnacles of Christmas and Easter lies the valley of Epiphany. This church season, one of the more underrated ones because of its ...
This past Sunday I preached a sermon using an old friend. His name is Simeon, and he’s an old guy, hanging around the Temple of ...
Tomorrow is a very special day in the life of our country. It is Veteran’s Day. It used to be called Armistice Day, to mark ...
In our rugged, individualism-obsessed culture, it would be hard to go an entire week without running into someone who extols the virtues of their independence. ...
In these days of wondering how to deal with those who are different — with immigration reform, with the struggle over Deferred Action for Childhood ...
Most of us have our favorite Bible stories from when we were kids. Noah’s ark, the parting of the Red Sea, Daniel in the lion’s ...
Many years ago the Rev. William Willimon, a United Methodist pastor and bishop wrote a meditation for the magazine Christian Century entitled, “The Dog Days ...
A couple of weeks ago the folks over at Farmville Church of Christ (FCC) had a very intriguing post on Facebook. They took as their text ...
We are now into spring, or so they tell us. The temperatures may often make us wonder but we are finally into the season of ...
I’ve always loved the story of Cornelius out of the 10th chapter of Acts. It is the account of a Gentile, an outsider, one of ...
It’s the start of a new year (no fooling). A time for new hope, new plans and new expectations. A time for dreaming about what ...
In case you have been living under the proverbial rock for the last few weeks, let me tell you that it is Christmas time. At ...
On the first Sunday of November in our place we do something I think is fairly common among Christian churches: We remember the dead. Not ...
While driving back home after visiting family up north last week, I noticed a sign in front of a large Methodist Church in the Roanoke ...
We have had some very difficult days lately. I know that has always been the case, but lately it seems we have had more than ...
On the third Sunday of June we celebrate Father’s Day. No doubt there will be many sermons on that Sunday extolling the virtues of fathers. ...
There is a listing of suggested Bible verses for every day — not just for every Sunday, like the one your preacher might use. This ...
When the time changes and the weather warms up we do something at our place every Tuesday evening: We go for a walk. We got ...
I grew up with a fairly ecumenical background. Baptized a Lutheran, earliest memory in a Methodist Church, I attended a Baptist Sunday school before my ...
Do you remember seeing the release of the doves at the Olympics? Boxes in the middle of the field are filled with doves, and when ...
With everything else going on, I got to celebrate a birthday. In fact, it’s today, the 29th of January. Birthdays are nice; you get to ...
At our church we have the Festival of the Nine Lessons and Carols like a lot of churches do. But we have ours a bit ...
We have all seen the TV images of starving children. We have heard about the statistics, of the thousands of people who die every day ...
Next month in our church we will be doing something special. It might not seem to be very special — a celebration of the Lord’s ...
Based on our computer model, the Richmond Spiders will beat the Campbell Fighting Camels when the two teams…
Friday’s college basketball slate includes 10 games featuring a ranked team in action. Among those contests is the…
The Washington Wizards’ (2-4) injury report has four players listed heading into their Friday, November 8 game against…
There is one game featuring a A-10 team on the Thursday college basketball schedule, the Detroit Mercy Titans…
There is one game featuring a Big South team on the Thursday college basketball schedule, the Charleston Southern…