What's In a Name?
I have been referred to by many names over the years. My birth name is Steven. My grandmother called me "Stevie." My students called me...
Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?
Timothy Merritt, Editor of Homiletics, shared this recently. "Someone once asked a rabbi if it's necessary to follow all the traditions...
The Word That Shapes Us
Talitha Arnold wrote recently in her Still Speaking Devotion: The Rev. Dr. Reuben Sheares III once described scripture, prayer, and hymns...
Wild Goose Chase: Then and Now
The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears. — DAVID WHYTE —Batterson, Mark. Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of...