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Telling Arthur’s Story

When I first pitched him the proposal that I should write a book encompassing the story of his life, Arthur Lough thought the whole idea was absurd. I know he felt this way because of something he...

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Kingdom Citizens Unite

I don’t really know why I am so exercised over this Syria issue. It’s not like it is a new scenario. Virtually every president for the past fifty years has followed the same path—sending American...

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A Faith I Won’t Go Back To

When my six-year-old grandson was much younger, his household included a big, beautiful, exceptionally friendly golden retriever named Izzy. The affection each had for the other was deep and...

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A Parable About Resources Unused

The boy could not understand why the man standing next to him seemed so exuberant. True, the man had just closed a deal on the tract of land that stretched out before them, but why did that make him so...

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A Church For The Rest Of Us

I miss “going to church,” I really do. I put that in quotes to emphasize my underlying belief that the church is an organism—a body—of which believers are individual members, and not just an...

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Feeling Thankful

When I first saw a number of my Facebook friends announce that they were going to use the month of November to list the things they are especially thankful for, one item per day, I thought it was a bit...

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Of Death And Doubt

Fans of “Downton Abbey” will remember well the scene from season three. Lady Sybil Branson, the youngest of the three daughters of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, has just died, very unexpectedly,...

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An Update On The Arthur Book

By Wednesday, I will have completed the first six chapters of the Arthur Lough biography, which I have tentatively titled The Road From Healing Springs: A Faith Odyssey. This represents more than 26000...

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Turning The Corner?

It’s probably too soon to know for sure, but it just may be that I have finally “turned the corner” with regard to the course of my pilgrimage over the past five and a half years. If that turns out to...

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The Insidious Evil Of Smugness

Just when I thought I had gotten over my hang-ups about what my aspirations to become a published writer might really be saying about my character, along comes David Brooks with an op-ed column that...

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