Because of the coronavirus stay-at-home orders, each state is tasked with defining what are essential businesses. These are the businesses that are allowed to stay open because they are deemed necessary for the community to survive. Apparently, if you live in Florida, you cannot survive without professional wrestling because it is listed as an essential … Continue reading April 16, 2020 →

I ran track when I was in high school. It was not something I wanted to do. My football coach made me. He was not the sort of person that you negotiated with. I was a sprinter. I ran the first leg of the sprint relay and the one-hundred-meter dash. I never understood why anyone … Continue reading April 15, 2020 →

Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who survived four different Nazi concentration camps. This was a true miracle. In response to the horrors he saw and personally experienced, Frankl wrote the bestselling book Man's Search for Meaning. I read his book twenty-eight years ago. It had a profound impact on my understanding of … Continue reading April 14, 2020 →

The tradition in our church, is the postlude in the third service on Easter morning is the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. During the final hymn, members of the congregation stream into the choir loft to sing with the chancel choir in celebration of Jesus' resurrection. It is a powerful, moving moment and the perfect … Continue reading April 13, 2020 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional March 2, 2016 Every Tuesday morning, we have a devotional in the staff meeting. This is the devotional Pete gave yesterday. PRAYER IS NOT A "SPARE WHEEL" THAT YOU PULL OUT WHEN IN TROUBLE, BUT IT IS A "STEERING WHEEL" THAT DIRECTS THE RIGHT PATH THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY.SO WHY IS A … Continue reading April 10, 2020 →

Jonathan sent the following story. It's really bad. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. "So I woke up. My dog is laying on the back patio covered in dirt with a rabbit in his mouth. The rabbit's not bloody, just dirty. My neighbor's kids raise blue ribbon rabbits. I instantly knew … Continue reading April 9, 2020 →

Yesterday, Shannon decided it was time to shave the dogs. In order to make sure she had a good technique, she cut my hair first. That's right. In order to make sure she didn't mess up shaving the dogs, she experimented on me. This pretty much tells you everything you need to know about our … Continue reading Daily Devotional for April 8, 2020 →

Every Sunday morning I face a real conundrum. It's the chancel choir that is seated behind me. Don't get me wrong, the music they offer in the worship services takes my breath away. They are that good. But, while most of them are relatively trustworthy, there's always a few that I need to keep an … Continue reading April 7, 2020 →

I was born in New Orleans when my father was a student at Tulane Law School. I am also a pastor. This makes me uniquely qualified to talk about pastors from Louisiana. As our states, especially Louisiana, brace for the coronavirus tsunami that may possibly overwhelm our healthcare system, a pastor in Louisiana continues to … Continue reading April 6, 2020 →

Social distancing, meetings by Zoom, grabbing door handles with paper napkins, empty shelves in grocery stores, small businesses trying to survive, people being laid off, concerns about healthcare workers, shortages of necessary needed medical supplies, the death rate climbing at a staggering rate, and knowing that it is not a matter of if but when … Continue reading April 2, 2020 →