For some reasons, many Christians need a horrible destiny for "those people."  But is their theology of the afterlife consistent with a gracious God who rescues...

I took my second sabbatical after fourteen years as pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church.  Again, I went west.  These are some observations... Inside my tent,...

As I imagined my death I prayed, "Lord, find me..." My mother remarried when I was thirteen years old. Jim was a kind and gracious man. He treated me and my sisters...

18 months after this column the first residents moved into their cottages at New Beginnings. Someone is standing at an intersection with a sign or maybe they stop by...

Years later I still wonder about these boys... The other day someone slammed a door in my house. It was an unusual event. “Who did that?” “What is wrong?” “Is someone...