This Sunday we hear verses of scripture that have inspired countless greeting cards and mass produced paintings of Jesus – the Good Shepherd. Wayward sheep flung over his shoulders, Jesus brings the wayward sheep home. “The good shepherd,” says Jesus, “lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd … Continue reading Message: Of Hired Hands and Sheep →

Storytellers love to set their tales in “the good old days,” those times we can all agree were better than the ones we now inhabit. I remember watching “Happy Days” as a young child in the 70s – a TV sitcom set in the 1950. By the late 80s I was watching “The Wonder Years” … Continue reading Message: Memories of the Way We Were… →

Six years ago, April of 2003, I remember seeing the image of hundreds of Iraqis massed around a statue of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square, Baghdad as it was being pulled off its pedestal – a sign of people celebrating the end of a violent and oppressive regime. American and allied forces … Continue reading Message: Dancing in the Streets… →