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The fourth of five daughters, she was named for her grandfather but never really liked it, thinking it sounded too much like a boy’s name in her mind.  Nevertheless, Jessie Lou could outrun, out-jump and outwork most boys of her day, … Continue reading →

It was quite a challenge, even for one accustomed to the kind of theological bantering in which seminary professors so very often find themselves engaged.  For while everyone had long before heard the basic story, the question was how could … Continue reading →

I wonder what he must have thought when long ago that night                                               They came and knocked upon … Continue reading →

I could easily have flunked out of seminary because of him.  For–reflecting perhaps the evangelical poverty of my childhood– it was not until one Finals week in the first year of my graduate studies in Boston that I finally ran … Continue reading →

He did that which only a handful of people have ever done, changing the course of human history.  For the world which Martin Luther left behind when he died in 1546 was strongly different than the one into which he … Continue reading →

I can’t help shake the uneasy feeling that it’s all coming apart today.  For in just a few hours a retired Methodist bishop from California will conduct a same-sex marriage ceremony in Alabama in a ceremony that is neither legal … Continue reading →

It’s possible that by the time I’ve finished this post that you folks will have figured out how to play well with others (a skill that most individuals learn in kindergarten, along with not running with scissors.)  On the chance … Continue reading →

It may come as a surprise to some folks, but we at least began our social involvement on the right foot.  For in the very first two decades of our existence as an indigenous and independent church in the new … Continue reading →

I don’t know Stephen and Lynn Ash, but I have a feeling that they must be doing something right indeed.  A middle school principal in Little River, Texas–population 1,994 — Stephen is the father of six kids and he and … Continue reading →

I really should be more patient, I know.  For after all, to reach me it has to come from some 22,000 miles away, traveling at a speed of more than 128 kilobits a second.  Similarly, the twin satellites which beam … Continue reading →