Month: August 2014

Recently a friend of mine became the victim ofan arsonist.  He owns a small hotel and one night someone tried to set it on fire.  Thankfully no onewas killed, but folks did have to jump off of a balcony to escape.  The resulting and arduous experience of figuring out the cause, of getting a settlement with the insurance company,…

There is a line from a Jim Croce song, “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape,  you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess around with Jim.”     There have been times when I have been driving down a city street and group…

    This is the second in a short series concerning the killing in Ferguson, Missouri along with the issues of police practice and behavior, along with some comments about race and justice.   In the previous article I said that we need “great” police, not just those who are adequate.    The people who…

    If there is anything good about the terrible events in Ferguson, Missouri it might be that the nation is having to discuss the issue of how the police interact with the community which they are to ‘protect and serve.”     There are several sub-plots to this story.  One of the main ones is…

I was speaking with a colleague in ministry the other day.  He seemed to be wondering if he was making any impact.  Sometimes I wonder the same thing.  I would imagine all of us in the ministry want our lives to count for God and His Kingdom.  I imagine most people want to feel their…