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...
View ArticleKingdom 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFeeling 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...
View ArticleOf 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,...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleTurning 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...
View ArticleThe 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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