Fiction Tuesday – Big Trouble

Walter stepped fully into the small examination room. “If I heard correctly, it sounds like young Jeremy here is in some Trouble, Ama. Does that mean you figured out he was Chasing the Dark out there along The Boulevard?” Ama sighed. “It seems, Old Fox, that you began your eaves-dropping a bit late this evening.”…

Rise Up

This is an edited manuscript for my Easter Sunday sermon – April 5, 2015. It’s launched from Acts 10:34-43 but is set up much different than my typical preaching. Most of the themes from Peter’s message to Cornelius are present, but I don’t unpack them as I normally do. As it’s not my typical way…

Risen Indeed

He is risen. This is the traditional greeting for Christians on Easter 1 for centuries. It’s the message of hope for the Christian faith. Jesus, God in the Flesh, died but is risen. The doors of death have been kicked open from the inside, sin has been conquered, and the hope of the New Creation…

History – Strange but True

The Stamp Act is hailed as one of the sparks which lead to the American Revolution. Colonists resented Parliament enforcing such taxes without their consent, and felt their rights as English Citizens were being trampled. So, for the first time, the Colonies began to communicate together in an effort to coordinate the defense of those…

Good Friday

I’m battling an illness so I don’t have much to say, but this Good Friday I thought I’d share an image of a cross. I am amazed at how Christians have coopted this horrific instrument of destruction into a symbol of hope 1. On Good Friday God in the Flesh yielded his life up for…

News travels fast?

If you search my blog you’ll find that one of my most favorite places on earth is Williamsburg, VA. I could easily spend a month in the Historic Area and never become bored. It’s my happy place 1. I’ve seen the place change over the years, which has been fun, and one of the most…