A Poem For Scarlet Grace

Anything’s possible if you’ll just try to be someone other than you, or in some strange place on earth or the sky, or maybe just lost in the zoo.

Grumpy Preachers and PMS

GRUMPY PREACHERS & P.M.S. Probably the biggest faux pas of my professional ministry occurred the Monday that I forgot to have the church unlocked for the P.M.S. support group. I didn’t even know there was such a thing. Actually, at the time people were just beginning to talk openly about the condition that is in …

The Backseat Biter & The Christmas Calamity

Truth be told, those are the things we remember most. Not the perfect song or the well-rehearsed line. No, we remember the little boy playing the part of a shepherd. When he forgot part of his line he shouted, "Shoot! I didn't want to say the stupid part anyway!" In fact, I don't think I'd want to watch a perfect kids church program. I'll take the memories instead.

Watseka’s Holy Christmas Fire Dance.

"As the wax flew like raindrops in a dust devil people started to scatter. My well-planned Christmas Eve worship service was about to go up in flames."