I like facts, and I assume most of you do, too. Not necessarily hard, cold, statistical facts, but ordinary facts— concrete truths.

Today, our Gospel story presents us with a question of beliefs. Not only in regard to the world, but also of God and our faith. Will we

We have a problem. The problem runs as an undercurrent beneath the surface most of the time, but it sometimes gets dragged out into the

There I stood – in the middle of the river, in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere – afraid to move. Patty and I had decided

A blind man could see! The people did not believe that it had happened: “Is this the same man? No, it isn’t — maybe it is — he couldn’t

What she learned from Jesus about the "right way to worship, was the same thing that Abraham had known -- that the only appropriate way to

I have come to realize that it is almost impossible to separate ourselves from what I will call core memories. I define those as the events

Reverend Philip Stringer LET US PRAY: Bless us, O God-- you who have given us every good thing-- bless us with ears that hear you...

In Jamestown there is an Historical Marker, with the title, “Beards Hat Shop,” and it reads “William Beard made and sold hats at his

I was camping in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It hadn’t been very long since we had moved back from Taiwan, and I really didn’t

At some time or other each of us has struggled with with finding purpose— times when we have questioned the direction of our lives.

I recently returned from a trip to Florida with my daughter. It was wonderful. I saw family I hadn’t seen in over 20 years. I took my

I am humbled that I would be asked again to stand before you and share. What a privilege that you want to know what I think. Just so you

God shows no partiality? Really? GIVE… ME… a break. Well at least that’s what Peter claimed in Acts 10: 34, “Peter began to speak to

The other day I finally saw the movie, “Forbidden Planet,” from start to finish. It is set in the future, of course, -- the 23rd century --

Today we celebrate “The Name of Jesus,” and that got me thinking about names.

Ah, Christmas! It comes around every year! I’m not going too far out onto a limb to say that there is no other holiday — no other time of

“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. . . . . .” When we hear those words, we expect the words that follow to tell us

Martin Luther wrote the Small Catechism as a way for people to learn about and talk about their faith at home

Patty and I have been watching the reality series, “Alone”— 10 people are taken to separate locations to see how long they can survive in