Down the Basement Steps Every now and again when I was young, my parents would have congregants from the church my Dad pastored over for

Few intellectual skills are quite as valuable as the ability to engage in critical thinking.  There is a small array of sub-skills required to be

I never thought much about the life of a guest preacher until I became one. Once, twenty years or so ago, I invited a friend

It’s an ancient conviction in both Jewish and Christian scripture that all of creation — not only humanity — praises the Lord in song. The

You simply had to know. Most of those who traveled the two-lane highways I did across the state last weekend did know, I’m sure, and

I’m ten years old. It’s summer vacation. We are visiting my grandparents in hot and sticky Iowa. Air conditioning is still rudimentary so almost every