By Sean Dietrich
Nineteen kids came romping up the golden staircase, taking two steps at a time, sprinting toward the mother-of-pearl gates. It’s a wonder they didn’t knock Saint Peter over onto his Blessed Assurance.
The children all smelled like little-kid sweat and stinky feet. Their loud footsteps could be heard...
By Pastor David Holland
And John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. Acts 13:13 (NIV)
“Look Mom, there’s a naked boy running through the garden,” My mind imagines a girl saying as she observes John Mark running for his life. Mark 14:50-52 paints the picture, “Then all his disciples deserted him...
By Kirk McCarley
As we emerge from the past couple of years of remote working environments, I hear more about the need for “executive presence” in organizations. When hearing that term it conjures up a number of images: stylishly attired people in corporate offices, “buttoned up,” disconnected, aloof.
A Forbes article...
By Rick Moore
Jack asked the pastor to officiate the funeral for his brother Jim. The pastor had never spoken with Jack nor his brother Jim, but he certainly knew of their reputations. They were vile, wicked, and ruthless. Their shady business deals and illegal exploits were known throughout the...
By Lauren Catanese,
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” –Brene Brown in The Gifts of Imperfection.
Being vulnerable or being conscious that I am being vulnerable is something that I’ve been trying to be more attentive to lately. What...
By Victoria Ostrosky,
Saul the Pharisee was an important man. He excelled at his profession, being well-versed and zealous in the Mosaic law. After the risen Jesus knocked him off his donkey and blinded him for three days, Saul discovered that he had been zealous for the wrong thing. Jesus...
By Sean Dietrich
Nobody knows when it started. But it did. The first jar of pickles to appear on Aunt Bee’s grave in Siler City, North Carolina, showed up in 1989, the year she died. Legend states that the pickles were probably homemade. Although some claim they were store pickles.
Since...
By Kirk McCarley
The Washington Monument was deteriorating. The culprit appeared to be the harsh chemicals being applied to clean the edifice. The cleaning was required in order to eradicate, at least temporarily, the staining caused by a significant amount of excrement, otherwise known as pigeon poop. This cycle, in one form...
