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September 8, 2011
About Now

We cannot change the past, and we cannot know or control the future. Nurturing the "now" of life is our best hope for happiness.

A few years ago I was invited to be one of the speakers at a retreat for medical doctors. My assigned topic was "Finding Happiness Now." Big order!

September 19, 2011
Gay Union Ban

Some 800 United Methodist clergy and laity have signed letters urging the denomination's Council of Bishops to uphold the ban on gay unions in the United Methodist Church.

More than 300 United Methodist clergy and 500 laity have signed letters urging the Council of Bishops to take a public stand supporting the denomination's position on marriage and homosexuality.

The letters respond to the pledges to bless same-sex unions signed this summer by more than 900 active and retired clergy across the United States.

July 22, 2011
A Breathless Quest

The Breath of God takes the reader along with its characters on an exciting and dangerous spiritual quest to determine whether a major religious figure was shaped by his own journey to another country.

The Breath of Godby Jeffrey Small (2011, West Hills, Atlanta, Georgia). Paperback, 402 pages.

First novels, especially in the suspense genre, are rarely as captivating and enjoyable as Jeffrey Small's The Breath of God. A bona fide academic expert on world religions, Small sets contemporary religious conflicts against his protagonist's personal journey, resulting in an authentic page-turner.

June 20, 2011
Monday Mail: Wild weather, women's wages & world politics

Along with extreme weather effects, a Supreme Court decision on women vs. Wal-Mart and U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and Sudan, this issue of Monday mail mourns the passing of a Big Man.

Good morning, campers. It's 84 degrees at 9 AM in Dallas, feeling like 88 and promising a heat index around 102 degrees F later today. We have extreme fire danger warnings, high wind warnings, and high pollen warnings. Over the weekend a "rave"-style music festival in 104-degree heat resulted in the death of one person and dozens hospitalized, affected by the extreme conditions.

March 26, 2011
Post on Hell Lands Pastor in Hot Water

A Facebook post questioning the existence of an eternal hell proved to be a point of no return for a United Methodist student pastor and his rural North Carolina congregation.

United Methodist News Service


A Facebook post questioning the existence of an eternal hell proved to be a point of no return for a United Methodist student pastor and his rural North Carolina congregation.

However, there is more to the story than what has been widely reported about Chad Holtz’s departure from Marrow’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Henderson, N.C.

March 4, 2011
Free speech or hate speech? Chick-fil-A, John Galliano and Westboro Baptists

The Supreme Court's ruling that protects hateful protests by members of Westboro Baptist church reminds Christians that although the Constitution may protect our "right" to free speech, if we're following Jesus, we're called to give up our rights for the sake of love.

February 21, 2011
The Center for Progressive Renewal

The Center for Progressive Christian Renewal, based in Marietta, GA, specializes in online learning. For details, visit the website or email Gregg Carlson, director of online learning

January 30, 2011
Jews In the Civil Rights Movement

When I visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute last December, I learned about something that I had never known before. While we talked about the campaigns in the South in the 1960s, she mentioned the important role that Jews had in the Civil Rights movement.  I decided to check out some books in the library to learn more.

November 17, 2010
God Has Settled the "Gay Question"

A recent video involving the pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch gives clear evidence that God has settled the "gay question" for Christians.

On a recent Sunday afternoon while relaxing after church, I watched the most astounding video of an event that has convinced me that God has settled the "gay question" for Christians, provided those who have ears  hear the message.