Words from Washington

It's Monday of the busiest week of the year. There are many books I planned to have read by now and others I downloaded just last nigh...

Sunday night took us to third row, center seats for the Oak Ridge Boys. I grew up singing the music of the Oak Ridge Boys. I can remember ...

I've read about hermits. It was sometime in seminary, probably in Early and Medieval Christianity when we were learning about the Earl...

Yes! It's cold outside. I know this fact to be true after hearing my car sputter a little when I turned it on this morning. I could tell...

It's been a rather remarkable year. I've learned the power of prayer as my father was quickly scheduled for open heart surgery, an...

What if we woke up every morning and said "thank you?" What if we regularly expressed gratitude to friends and family for the gi...

Dear Beloved Mount Vernon Place Congregation: The United Methodist Church has been making the news a lot this week. Our beloved church ...

  There were many times when I complained about going to their house. I was and am a city kid, and they live on a farm. They did not lo...

We are told all the time to "be aware." Be aware of who is walking down the sidewalk with you. Be aware of who might be around y...

 I've spent most of August as a pilgrim in South Africa. It was on a Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope to South Africa in 2004 when I experi...

The four women pictured here have left a mark on my spirit and heart. I don't remember hearing their names before. While their story m...

​ I finally saw “The Book of Mormon,” the musical filled with religious satire that has garnered sold-out audiences since its  March  2011...

Last week she was climbing a rope to the top of the ceiling in record time. The next day she was pushing a tire down the length of a gym. Ye...

My niece, Kayla, and I depart for South Africa tomorrow. Kayla's 18-years-old, just graduated from high school, and is wonderi...

It's incredibly hard to walk into a church as a visitor. I've visited more than a half a dozen churches this summer, and each vi...