Our Response to Winning and Losing Reveals Character

Our Response to Winning and Losing Reveals Character

February 20, 2016 I don’t like to lose. I don’t know anyone who does. I especially don’t like to lose to braggarts.   There’s one sure way to shut up a braggart and that’s to beat one. Maybe that’s why I’ve always liked the story of David and Goliath. It’s hard to...
Sabbatical Reflections

Sabbatical Reflections

My father-in-law, as a master gardener, has a close connection to the earth. He has enriched his garden through the years with hundreds of loads of pecan hulls from the local pecan company. Because the earth gives back so freely and because he believes it’s a biblical...
A Liberating Thought for All Saints Day (November 1)

A Liberating Thought for All Saints Day (November 1)

All religions attempt to make sense of death. Death is an enemy, the ultimate enemy. It represents an exit from what we know into what we don’t know. While our religion has some effect on how we grieve, grief is a universal response to loss. Everyone grieves. It’s our...
Mark Richt—Winning With Integrity At UGA

Mark Richt—Winning With Integrity At UGA

The University of Georgia’s football coach Mark Richt was praised recently for his ethics and integrity. The USA Today article written by Dan Wolken cited Richt as being among the best in college football in these areas, but pointed out that seven colleges within a...
God is All Around Us If We Bother to Look

God is All Around Us If We Bother to Look

Have you ever had church where there was no church, where there was no preacher, except the one who preached the message did so by the example she gave, as she served others and gave testimony to God’s goodness and kindness? Have you ever been to church where there...
An Open Letter to My “Brother” Greg

An Open Letter to My “Brother” Greg

Dear Greg, It happened to me again not long ago. Someone mistook me for you. I was at the funeral of a friend’s father and a man came up to me, shook my hand and began to thank me for what I’d done for him as a customer at your bank. He was singing “my” praises and it...