After one of the school chapel services this week, when it was time for the classes to leave the pews and walk out, one of the little girls said, “Aren’t we going to go up to the altar and look at the crèche?” She remembered that each class as a group came up last week […]
The seminary I attended for three years had a rich liturgical and spiritual identity. In addition to the daily Mass, Morning and Evening Prayer and Compline (night prayers) were sung in the chapel on a regular basis. Students presided over Morning and Evening Prayer with a rotation list of “officiants.” On one particular weekday, a […]
At a church in Bangladesh, the congregation was watching a film about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The audience was filled with people who had never heard of the Gospel before. The children sat in front, and the adults stood in the back. As the story of Jesus’ crucifixion unfolded, and his body […]
Among the various restaurants where I worked as a server between college and seminary, was a summer at the Lexington Country Club. I remember an incident where a father and his young son had just come in from the golf course for lunch. The father ordered a Rueben sandwich and the son ordered a cheeseburger. […]
I heard recently that the 21 Club, the famous “Jockey Club,” in New York City had closed down. Even though other restaurants have been forced to close during the Pandemic, it was a little surprising that this iconic venue in NYC had been affected as well. It’s been over a dozen years since my wife […]
A story is told about the late evangelist, Billy Graham, while on a plane, was sitting behind a man who was drinking to excess. The man became rather loud and abusive. Finally, the attendant said to him, “Sir; do you know Billy Graham is sitting behind you? The man turned around and said, “Dr. Graham, […]