In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the

NYC The snow was falling in New York City as the hungry people gathered around the church doorsteps at West End Collegiate Church. About 75

On February 11, 1990, I was teaching an adult education class in Zeeland, Michigan.  No, I do not have some savant-like ability to remember what

The tributes and praise for Nelson Mandela have come pouring in, from every corner of the globe and every segment on the political spectrum. For

The power of popular culture lies, among other things, in its story-telling. Television shows, movies, YouTube videos usher us into simple and complex stories alike.

I had a different topic in mind for this week’s blog, but I have come back again and again to the poem below in the

Exhibit One: Once while spending the weekend at my college roommate’s home, we worshipped at his Nazarene Church.  Small, sincere, and pure holiness. The “old”