In the thirty or so years that I have been in ministry, I can hardly count the many times I have been called to answer or explain questions dealing with prayers: How come God has not yet answered my p...  Read More

Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Sometimes a single image lingers in the heart long after the television is turned off. This week, I found ...  Read More

This past Monday, the Men Ministry of St. Mark just completed five weeks of Bible Study based on the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. I had the privilege and the pleasure to be the leader of the group ...  Read More

“Where you go, I will go… your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” — Ruth 1:16I remember sitting at a kitchen table one afternoon, watching a woman I knew, not my mother, though she might...  Read More

“He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.”— John 10:3–4 (NIV)I have a phr...  Read More

“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”The other day, something happened at home that stayed with me longer than I expected. For a few weeks now, my hus...  Read More

Colossians 3:17Next month will mark the 16th year since I retired from parish ministry. It was not because I was too old, or ineffective in doing what I was tasked to do as a Pastor. In fact, I retire...  Read More

I was all alone in the house with my thoughts last Wednesday, sitting behind my desk remembering about our son Philip. You see, last Wednesday, March 11, was his birthday. He would have been 42 years ...  Read More

Life has a way of feeling like a long race. Some mornings, we wake up ready to move with strength and hope. Other days, we feel out of breath before we even begin. Yet the Apostle Paul reminds us that...  Read More

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” — Psalm 23:4If you live long enough, you learn that faith is not only about where God is taking you. Much of ...  Read More

The Roman philosopher Seneca once wrote, “Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor strengthens the body.” Though he was a Roman philosopher, far removed from the world of ancient Israel, his observat...  Read More

Every Saturday morning, I take part in a Bible study. Last Saturday, our scripture was Mat.5:13-20. “You are the light of the world”, Jesus said. He continued by saying: “A city on a hill cannot be hi...  Read More