Morning Briefings

Jumping into casual conversation usually works for me, pretty much anywhere. However, most of last year when I flew across country some...

Where are we now and what do we know to be true? Reality check time. According to the calendar, we find ourselves on the eve of summer....

Why Memorial dAy? May 31, 2021. Just some musings about why I value a set-apart day called Memorial Day. It is so much more than the...

Acts, 23. Acts 5.12-42 They counted the cost and went for it anyway. The apostles knew too much about the grace of Jesus Christ and the...

more on Acts 5, Acts #22 in the series. "Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard. So,...

Acts, #21 in series Acts 5.1-11 Why in the world did God strike Ananias and Sapphira, husband and wife, dead after they lied? The two...

Acts 5.1­-11 #20 in the series God is not afraid of our questions—I think he rather likes them. Sometimes I like to ask ‘Why?’...

Acts #19. more from Acts 4 I remember when I have felt it…why, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in all the world! Last night once again,...

Acts #18 in the series. Standing accused, then arrested and jailed for teaching about Jesus, Peter and John showed remarkable courage......

Acts, #17 in the series. Rosa Parks. Martin Luther King Jr. Anne Frank. Mother Teresa. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Winston Churchill. Joan...

Acts, #16 in the series Every Thursday I teach a Bible lesson via livestream on Facebook.1 This past Thursday when I went on THRIVEOC...