Frankly Speaking

I guess you’ve heard by now.   Time magazine has named me it’s “Person of the Year.”  You too.  I wonder how many conversations that one ha...

Music has always done things to me. For one thing, certain melodies and chord progressions have the ability to make me feel sad, undone eve...

I’m making big plans for 2007. If all goes according to schedule, I’ll be taking trips to Connecticut (my daughter’s graduation), Colorado ...

We’re nearing the end of finals week at Amarillo College.  That’s right.  Between now and the beginning of 2007, I have no more classes to t...

7.  The essence of every person is no different from the essence of the universe.  Hindus call the substratum of all reality Brahman . When ...

I’m reworking an “Introduction to Hinduism” handout, the kind of material that can be used in the World Religions class, but also in a churc...

Tears and the whole business of crying are odd.  Aren’t they?   Sometimes you expect tears, but don’t get them.  Several years ago, a great ...

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, you might check out last Friday’s prayer for Ted Haggard composed by Fred Peatross . _ _ _ _ _ _ A f...

Ted Haggard’s letter to New Life Church can be seen here . I came across it over at Mike Cope’s blog. Someone there remarked about how ironi...

My previous post is the beginning of a short project that I’m continuing here. What follows will make more sense if you’ve read the entry fr...

Over the last couple of years, 1 Timothy 5:9 has become a popular verse among some folks in the Churches of Christ. Strange. In the New Int...

One of the things I remember about preaching Sunday in, Sunday out was the grind.  Not that I ever would have talked about it much, because ...