The body of John Lewis was finally laid to rest today after a five or six day ordeal of services and ceremonies, including a two-day stint in the rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. As I currently live minutes away from the D.C. metro area, I had considered making a pilgrimage into the city to […]
Downtown D.C. has been one of the epicenters of demonstrations occurring over the past couple of weeks after the killing of George Floyd (a black man) by police officers in Minneapolis. I’ve gone down into the city twice and decided to jot down some notes on some of my thoughts and observances. Sheer numbers. The […]
The story of an amazing recording made in the span of just three hours, in the recreation room of a prison where all of the musicians were serving sentences.
Saw this today, and couldn’t stop laughing. This is a Russian Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Church in Moscow. Can you point out the one individual who captures the true spirit of Easter?
There are so many things I love about this—the poem itself, the young man’s delivery, the setting. I wish I knew more about this guy. I know he is Canadian, and it appears he is involved with the Forest City North Church in London, Ontario. He is obviously rich in talent, and I would love […]
This barber tried for years to cut an autistic boy’s hair. Then they had a breakthrough. The first time 10-year-old Jordie Rowland came into the barber shop it was a “disaster,” barber Lisa Ann McKenzie said. Jordie, who has autism, struggled with his parents to run back outside the moment he got in the […]
Marcia and Millie Biggs say they’ve never been subjected to racism—just curiosity and surprise that twins could have such different skin colors. Source: These Twins, One Black and One White, Will Make You Rethink Race
Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018. The photo above will most likely become one of the iconic symbols of this day in history. A woman bears a charcoal mark on her forehead—earlier in the day she most likely attended a religious gathering marking the first day of Lent. Amongst other religions, Lent is unique to Christianity, […]
In the Thousand Oaks community (where I live, and where the church is located), we have a modest population of wildlife—deer, rabbits, raccoons, some red foxes. They add character and beauty to the neighborhood, and I’m frankly happy to share the territory with them. Their eating habits present the only minor irritant. I have a […]
I am posting the transcript of the message I gave on Aug. 13. I talked about the fledgling Christian churches in the book of Acts who suddenly found themselves “free from the law” under the new covenant established by Jesus Christ. No longer were they required to offer burnt offerings—Christ had served as the final […]
