Dear Friends, It’s an Ice Age: Back when the Coronavirus was a news story from China, we had some warning from pundits that it was heading this way. As more and more cases occurred in the United States, it started to seem the only real question was whether it would...
Dear Friends, Summer is officially here! It’s time to fire up those grills, fill up the coolers and get ready to engage in all those summer activities we have been looking forward to over the recent months. Well, not exactly….I think we would all agree it has...
Dear Friends, Having watched Michael Jordan’s “The Last Dance” series a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but compare it to the situation facing many of us as musicians serving in a church setting. Is it possible we shared our “last dance” when we were...
Dear Friends, If you are like me, you don’t want to hear one more thing about the present situation with the coronavirus. It seems to be part of most conversations, and of course, naturally so. Though, I do love the fact that the world has come to our doorstep in the...
While scientists and public health officials scramble to defeat the COVID19 virus, I have been thinking about how to respond in a way that brings hope and life to the situation we find ourselves in. Clearly we need to avoid naïveté and denial, selfish choices and...
My parents gave me a lot of good advice. One piece I tend to ignore is, “Go to bed early, as nothing beneficial happens after midnight.” But there is one, I have adhered to for decades. “If at all possible, go to the wake or funeral.” Being in the line of work most of...