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Rustlings (July 11, 2022)

Malcolm Muggeridge, the late British journalist and satirist, wrote, “Few persons of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.” We’ve all watched athletes—past their prime—enter one more game, one more fight, one more match, one more race, or one more season. (It’s usually one more than they should have.) […]

Rustlings (June 27, 2022)

“Oh next to my home, I love you Siloam. It’s the land of a million smiles….” The summers of my youth-years always meant a week at Siloam Springs Youth Camp. Siloam Springs was nestled in Northwest Arkansas. The accommodations were rustic. The food was camp food. Every year, however, we loaded buses and vans and […]

Rustlings (June 20, 2022)

A writer from a national religious publication called me last week to garner a few quotes for an article. She was interested in me describing the degree of “decline and devastation” (her words) our church was experiencing because of current cultural unrest. I asked her to elaborate on the particular cultural unrest to which she […]

Rustlings (June 13, 2022)

It has been delightful to see and hear members of our congregation making summer plans. We limited our travel, family gatherings, and explorations over the last two years to help protect the larger human family. With COVID-19 numbers down (and even with petroleum prices up), we are beginning to travel again. Some have already shared […]