It was the worst day in Judah’s history.  Their capital city, Jerusalem, was destroyed, their Temple demolished, their population decimated by the armies of Babylon.  All their leaders — civic and religious — were carried away captive, leaving only a remnant of peasant farmers to occupy the land.  The Lord

Dr. Theodor Reik, famed psychoanalyst and prize student of Sigmund Freud, wrote an intriguing autobiography entitled “Listening with the Third Ear”.  In this impactful book, he transparently revealed many of his own personal struggles.  I found one passage to be especially riveting.  Listen, with your own “third ear”, to what

One day I spent some time reflecting on my legacy. What was it that I wanted to leave behind? After all, many of us want to leave something of value to the next generation. My wife Julie and I have occasionally examined the little “treasures” that we’ve managed, intentionally or

I was working as a camp counselor in a children’s camp one summer, shepherding (or herding) a crowd of kids in 1st through 3rd grade. Late one night, probably about 9 p.m., our Program Director, Rev. Tim Heitz, gathered all of our children together in preparation for a very unique adventure.

There are approximately a gazillion people who, if asked, would readily identify themselves as Christians. They would tell you, very solemnly and sincerely, that they certainly could be considered “Christian”. However, a high percentage ofthem have a very nominal faith. Maybe it’s because they never have had the time, the

   It was sometime during Lent, and I was preparing my Easter Morning message to share with my congregation in New Holland, Lancaster County, PA.  My young associate was a newly-ordained pastor who, looking over my shoulder, begged me not to choose “In The Garden” as one of our congregational hymns.