Head and Heart

photo by S Kaya / flickr I am trying my best to stay out of partisan political matters. It isn't easy these days. I have good fri...

photo by Nina Childish / flickr “Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we engaged in this ministry we do not lose heart. We have...

My hundred year old friend called me yesterday.  I was his Pastor in Birmingham for eight years. But He was much, much more than just a par...

photo by Andy Sick / flickr How many years since 9/11? Eighteen years. And a whole lot has happened since then. But on this day it ...

Kate Salley Palmer is a political cartoonist and a friend. Good cartoonists often see what most of us miss. Like remind us that sometime...

Colleague Ken Sehested does some mighty fine work on touching our pulse and talking about things that matter. You can read his stuff at Pra...

School Days--I Still Remember My First Teacher School begins this week. All over the country kids are buying shoes and shir...