I took the picture above today when I visited the Betsy Ross house in Philadelphia. I wrote on social media that the sign stating “Be Brave” looked more like something you’d expect to see on your way into a haunted house. I was joking, of course, especially because I had assumed this would be a…
This was a guest sermon I delivered at the Center for Campus Ministry at Maryville College in February 2022. It still feels relevant, though at the time COVID was our main concern. I keep a fish tank at home, and, for a variety of reasons, I have limited myself to only one kind of fish:…
Here is a talk I gave on October 28 at a weekly chapel service at Maryville College. It is one of my favorite places to share with those in my life. I learned long ago of a sage’s advice for dealing with the world: in one pocket, carry a note that says, “The world was…