Pastor Fred Phelps’ God is mad. Phelps’ God is mad at most everyone, except Phelps and his congregation, the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. According to a press release on their website, GodHatesFags.com, a group from the church was scheduled to picket outside the church I pastor in Lebanon, Ky. But, they travel far …
Some moments— unrehearsed, unexpected, perhaps even unintended, become magical— capturing a feeling, releasing an emotion, finding a destiny, taking on a significance beyond the moment itself. Another Masters Golf Tournament has come and gone, now embedded two weeks in history. But Phil Mickelson’s victory will endure as much as for what he did for his …
“I’ve just seen Jesus,” I whispered as I gazed into his face. No, I was not in a deep meditative trance; I was not half-awake at an Easter sunrise service. I was watching television: the History Channel has produced a wonderfully intriguing program, “The Real Face of Jesus,” a two hour documentary featuring the work …
Where were you when you first recognized you were getting older? We remember where we were for other significant moments, don’t we? I remember, for instance, where I was when I learned that President Kennedy has been assassinated: Ms. Speck’s second grade class room at Washington Elementary School, Altus, Oklahoma. I recall where I was …
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” so the saying goes, and I might add, “It lasts forever when it’s on the internet.” I have no idea if Rielle Hunter or the eighth grade girl whose boyfriend allegedly sold the nude pictures of herself she sexted (sending sexually explicit messages or photos by mobile phones) …