Comedian Emo Philips tells a story that he says was once voted the 44th funniest joke in the world.  He says it could have been voted...

Pianist and funnyman Victor Borge used to do a routine in his show where he’d set his music on the ledge of the piano and begin to...

This is going to be a longer blog than usual, so strap in… As 2024 begins, it’s a good time to think about the past year and begin...

Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent.  As a pastor, I almost hate to admit it, but I have a love/hate relationship with this season of...

One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns is called Now Thank We All Our God.  It was written back in the 1600s by a Lutheran pastor named...

Someone asked me the other day why I haven’t said much about the terror attacks in Israel or the Israeli response in Gaza.  I guess...

I hear stories all the time from people who have been hurt by the church in one way or another.  These groups are always close to my...

Do you remember the Bobby McFerrin classic, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? (You can thank me for the earworm later.)  “In every life,...

I realized it’s been a hot sec since I put a blog post out, so here goes.  For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot this week about...