With the coming of autumn this month, one of Robert Frost’s little poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” comes to mind...
Read MoreThese summer months are rich with shepherds green. As if there isn’t enough crop and forest green this growing season, there comes upon us this band of new shepherds, fresh from the seminaries...
Read MoreDear Michael, So now you’re a college grad. Congratulations! I liked the little dance you did right after receiving your diploma...
Read MoreIn May, our thoughts turn to Mother’s Day. My thoughts this month turn to pastors’ wives, many of whom are also moms...
Read MoreIn 1960, renowned American writer John Updike joined 96 others in entering a Christian Arts Festival at Clifton Lutheran Church in Marblehead, Mass. Updike was a then a student at Harvard drawn to the church because it nurtured the roots of his faith...
Read MoreA fresco painting by Italian painter Masaccio is titled “Holy Trinity” and can be found on a wall in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence...
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