Hope-Filled in a Time of Distress
It was a hot, summer afternoon and I was wrapping up yard work when I looked up and saw that several piles of pine straw [...]
Saying No to Despair
My oh my how much the world has changed. Having returned to Florida to finish my undergraduate work, I attended the Central Florida Community College [...]
Not a Religious Person – Simply a Human Being
This past weekend was a good one for Kay and I as we celebrated Laura's birthday (our third daughter), worked in the yard thankful for the [...]
Doing More for the Other Person
Kay, Lillian and I made our way home to Florida following my discharge from the Navy in the summer of 1976. Kay was offered a [...]
In Need of Christ’s Presence
When I accepted the call to serve the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island I did so the summer before my final year in seminary under [...]
Staying Spiritually Fit
There were two activities I especially enjoyed about the Spring during my high school years, one was playing baseball (my favorite sport) and the other [...]
To Touch the Hearts of All
Over the last few days, my thoughts have turned to the island of Iona (off the western coast of Scotland) the Abbey and the Iona [...]
With God’s People
One of the things I have always admired about the work of Jesus is that the needs of people always took precedence over rules of religion, [...]
Names Remembered
This has been an unusual, strange and sad day. I received word a while ago that the Rev. Dr. Barry Van Deventer, former Executive Presbyter [...]
Does the Church Have Answers?
One of my required readings in seminary by way of Systematic Theology was a book titled, "On Being A Christian" by Hans Kung, a Swiss [...]
