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Mary* was a familiar face at the neighborhood dry cleaning business. She was outgoing, attentive, and courteous. During our regular stops there, I began to build a bridge of friendship with her.
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In my September 2005 "Compass" column for Holiness Today, I wrote about the Cali, Colombia, House of Prayer Church of the Nazarene. I jubilantly testified to worshiping with nearly 6,000 happy Colombians in March 2005.
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Eric Hoffer, known as the longshoreman philosopher, once said, "In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
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At times in life the fog and opaqueness of ordinary routines lifts, if only momentarily, and our experiences are illuminated with fresh meaning. Such moments can change life in a powerful way.
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Family stories are wonderful ways of transmitting family history and heritage across generations. Can you imagine what it must have been like to be a Hebrew child listening to the ancient tales of the great heroes of Israel?
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Exile is not something we actively seek out as a favored experience or place to visit. Indeed, there is something ominous-sounding in the very word.
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I recently read an article in the Rocky Mountain News about a local triathlon. After getting soaking wet by swimming, you bicycle for 12 miles and run for 3.1 miles. It sounds like misery to me.
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As I sat down at the computer to write what was on my heart, the phone rang. On the line was a district superintendent who told me the sad news that one of his pastors had just surrendered their credential.
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