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Pure gold- the warm light of a wedding ring, the brilliant sheen of a monarch’s crown. Pure gold… doesn’t come out of the ground looking much like gold. It can glint, but it looks

Happy Father’s Day, men! Now pull out your grills and start cooking! That’s what Father’s Day is all about, right? Hunting, bringing home the prey, and grilling, preferably with the ball game on in

“It is good,” God said to Godself at the end of the day. “It is very good indeed.” That’s how the Bible opens, with God seeing everything created, seeing it for what it really

I don't think I will ever forget it. I was serving a German immigrant church in NE Philadelphia. Most of the elderly who were left were women who had come over as indentured servants-

Here we are again, trying to find meaning in today’s Scripture that will help us live more authentically some 2,000 years after its words were first recorded.  What I love is that the message

My sister and I disagree on many, many things. We don’t talk politics, and it would be better if we didn’t discuss religion. And never, never, never mention Planned Parenthood. Like I say, we

Five thousand years ago, back in the 1980's, did any of you folks watch the TV show "Cheers"? Remember how it opened with the theme song of going to a place "where everyone knows

Every year at this time, the Bible starts talking a little crazy. Oh, it starts off believably enough: In the first book, Genesis, God in utter delight creates everything out of nothing but chaos:

Woody Allen was waxing optimistic one day. He said, "More than any other time in history, humankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other path leads to total

Who would have guessed it? The little runt out in the field was the chosen one of God. The least among his brethren. Go figure.   David’s older brothers were bigger, stronger, more experienced.