Compass Bearings

My dad turned ninety last month. He is in remarkable health, a picture of fitness, playing tennis every day. Indeed, in 2014 there is a

What do the following letters spell? Godisnowhere. Some will say, “God is nowhere.” But the exact same sequence of letters can be read as, “God

Communication comes with no guarantees. A message sent does not necessarily equate a message received. I quip that a pastor will say to me, “How

I arrived early to speak at Modesto Covenant Church in the central valley of California, parking a distance down the street to review my notes.

At a recent gathering of leaders from several denominations, I was asked to talk on “what makes a denomination a denomination.” In other words, if

Papal transitions have two points of public anticipation: first, who it will be, and then, what name will that person choose. The point of taking

Mother’s Day is this month. Not every woman is a mother, but every mother is a woman so let me use this occasion to give

A study on Protestant denominations was recently released based on figures compiled by Association of Religion Data Archives. It tracked attendance growth and decline for

It is hard to grasp that the mere act of reading this column could get you ostracized, arrested, tortured, or killed. But the reality is,