Have you ever wondered where do pastors come from? By and large, they come from local congregations just like Signal Crest. This past Monday evening, at our annual Charge Conference with our district superintendent, the church leadership affirmed by unanimous…
This past week, Tracy and I were in New York City for family weekend at the university where our son Wesley is studying. One evening we took in a Broadway musical called Just In Time, which relates the story of…
Who are you remembering this year on All Saints’ Sunday? All Saints’ Sunday is the first Sunday in November, and this year, it actually falls on the assigned day for All Saints’ Day, which is November 1. This is the…
I couldn’t hold it back. I simply had to give him this gift. A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Tommy Bettis and his mom Mary Jane at 517. They were telling me about some of the items…
At the end of August, Wendell Berry, the farmer, author, and environmentalist passed away at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, at the age of 92. Over the years, his writings have helped keep me and so many others quite…
Two times in the last week I’ve come across this idea that “you’d’ve done the same thing.” The first time was as I was finishing reading John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath that traces the Dust Bowl-era journey…
I was reading an article in The Atlantic magazine this morning entitled “The MissingIngredient of Modern Life.” The author, Ian Bogost, observed that the watchwords ofcontemporary culture these days are efficiency, productivity, optimization, maximization.There is even a popular trend called…