Yesterday I had the honor of being on the dais for our community's annual service commemorating the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  This is one of the country's longest-running such commemorations.  The first took place the year after King's assassination -- and the preacher was Rev. King, Sr ( Read more... )

This morning I had the great honor to officiate at the "Homegoing" service of CWO (Retired) James Clarence Moody Sr., who passed away New Year's Day at the age of 81.  Mr. Moody served in the U.S. Army for more than two decades -- first in Korea, then Germany, then Vietnam.  He received numerous medals and was one of the first black soliders to ( Read more... )

At our monthly men's breakfast this morning, we shared a lot of pain.  Guys are suffering from deteriorating health, from the loss of loved ones, and from relationships gone terribly awry.  I am sorry that we are going through this -- but I am also glad that we have a place where we can share our difficulties with frankness, love and humor ( Read more... )

I am planning to preach on this verse tomorrow.  I find that it is often misused as some kind of guarantee of personal good fortune.  My plan after setting the exilic context of Jeremiah's prophesying is to address three points.  The first is that we are people in need of hope.  We are subject to various fears and anxieties.  It may be worthwhile ( Read more... )

I am in Orange County.  My wife is in China.  My younger son is holding it down back on the Jersey Shore.  They just lost power.  My home has apparently become a shelter for Young People with Pets.  God bless them all.

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Flying at 38,000 feet heading to LA.

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Physicists are doing their best to discover more about God. They just keep missing His consciousness and will. But that's OK, because they have not yet been able to locate their own consciousness and will either. You see, it turns out that this is very difficult work -- and that to do it, you need to hire not physicists, but metaphysicists.