Sharing Amonkst The Table For Change Amonkst The World 

Sometimes life has a way of tucking things away where we can’t see them. We might think they’re gone for good — buried under time,...

Somewhere early this summer, our son introduced us to a YouTuber whose content was—thankfully—both wholesome and sincere. That’s no small...

One thing I forgot about while living in the UK was kudzu. That creeping green mess wasn’t in my life for years, and I didn’t even notice...

I was never required to wear a clergy collar. Nobody expected it of me in my tradition, and there was no dress code in the job...

It was during a quiet debrief in a hospital chaplaincy internship when I first heard the term. I had just finished recounting a moment I...

There was a moment a few years ago when I looked at my ministry calendar—full, color-coded, efficient—and thought: Is this it? Every day...

“Hey John,” he said—like most folks did. I answered to it, even though I prefer “Jonathan.”He leaned in like he was about to tell me...

Dear friend, I remember the evening. The recliner had been moved into our bedroom for some reason—maybe to make room for something else,...

I had not heard those words in a long time, probably since high school/early college. But, sure enough, that’s what he said. Or,that’s...

Last year about this time we arrived in Jackson, MS at the airport, greeted by immediate family members, who had been waiting all...

Of course the stars seem close from a blind eye But you have to look farther, deeper. Really there just far away from each other, Really...

Last Saturday, my daughter and I attended a writing workshop at the Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience , hosted by the local...

I get the opportunity to preach on occasion, often about once or twice a month. It’s a familiar activity to me, and it’s one that I’ve...

Birthdays are for celebrating people. Whether it be with balloons, a cake, a party, or simply just someone wishing another person ‘Happy...

I got off bus 1 and watched as the bus drove up the hill road. The sun glinted off the towering bus. I sighed and continued to walk on....

Prologue to my newest book: The Wild 5: The Beginning

First of many shorts stories about my time living in England.

The last week in March taunted us all with the preceding days filled with blue skies, sunshine, blooming daffodils and dogwoods, and of...

Psalm 81:6, ‘I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the baskets.’ Have you ever found yourself praying: ‘Lord,...

Psalm 46:10, ‘Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’ The Christmas...