Prayers for a peaceful transition

Our regional pastor asked the Churches of ABCNJ to offer prayers of thanksgiving and supplication for a peaceful transition of power in Washington.  I was only too happy to oblige, but forgot to do it the first week because I’m just that way.  Another member got the message, however, and reminded me that it was…

Case Study: “What did he just say?”

I put this together for an exercise I’ll be doing with the Student Chaplains in November.  We’ll be doing some work on prayer and I thought this was a good case study to work with.  Yes, it is based on a true story (no, I’m not Walt).  How do you think the story continues?  C’mon,…

A Prayer of Thankfulness

I’ve been taking a break from my sociological reading in order to be nourished by a biography of John Newton. I say “nourished” because the more I read his story, the more I come to love this man of common dress and language – and yet a man whose heart was so transformed by Christ…