IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, I WILL BE CHANGING THE LOOK OF MY DAILY TREATS AND WEEKEND MESSAGES. THE FIRST SENTENCE OR TWO WILL APPEAR. THEN YOU CLICK  “READ MORE”.   IN A…

William Willimon tells the story of a funeral he attended when he was serving as a pastor in a small congregation in rural Georgia.  Willimon and his wife attended the…

During World War II the city of Palermo, Sicily, was a military objective of the Allied Powers, who wanted the American Air Force to bomb the city.  To warn the Sicilians, telling…

Sometimes you have to let goOf the life you wantedIn order to make room for the lifeYou are truly meant for. The things standing in your wayMight be thereTo steer…

The explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum was so sudden that the residents were killed while going about their daily routines. Men and…

There is an email going around that warns of a very powerful virus spreading in epidemic proportions.  The virus is called "Inner Peace." Be on the alert, it says, for symptoms of inner…

There is a ridiculous story about a group of animals in the jungle who decided to have a football game.  The problem was that no one could tackle the rhinoceros.…

I don’t want to be called perfect,or beautiful or special.We have overused those wordsto the point where their meaningsno longer hold the eloquencethey used to. Instead I want to be…

There is no such thing as perfect.Where did the word come from?The perfect husband, the perfect job,The perfect house, the perfect marriage. We are all human, living in a human…