Growing up in the 60s, 70s, and 80s I was always aware of Johnny Carson and “The Tonight Show.”  Like maybe a lot of kids,

If you are Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, or a writer for Saturday Night Live, George Santos is your meal ticket of the moment.  He’s low

One of my pastors preached a sermon from John 6 Sunday on Jesus’s well-known statement “I am the bread of life.”  He reminded us at

Just what is this period, this interregnum, between Christmas and Epiphany?  Is there a focus biblically?  Lectionaries often opt for the slaughter of the innocents

This past Saturday my colleague Deb Rienstra had an excellent reflection on a different way to observe Advent from the wastelands of life all around

“Who believes in the hereafter?” the pastor asked the congregation. Hands went up all over, of course. “Good!” the pastor said, “because we’re here after

It appeared on a good many social media posts I spied.  It was front and center in a worship service at a church I attended. 

In church Sunday one of my pastors prayed for this election day in America.  A main thing he prayed for was something that once upon

Somebody asked me a good question recently.  “When you listen to sermons or read sermons, if you see things that need improving, what is usually