Matthew 3:1-12 In the Charles household, Uncle Willy was the family enigma. No one knew him very well because he kept to himself and he...

Text: Isaiah 2:1-5 Happy New Year! Fill the glasses! Toss the confetti! Kiss your beloved! Make your resolutions! Happy New Year, my dear...

Text: John 18:33-37 The week ahead is a busy one on the American calendar. It is definitely a busy week on the Charles calendar. Later...

I Corinthians 8:1-13 On this All Saints’ Sunday on the eve of Election Day, I would like to focus on saints now gone and saints still...

Luke 19:1-10 I have sung a charming song about the tree-hugging wee Zacchaeus since childhood. That in itself is somewhat ironic, because...

Text: Romans 12:1-13 I love to teach. Early on in the pandemic, at my daughter’s urging, I started teaching a midweek online class. In...

Texts: Proverbs 1:22; Colossians 3:12-17 It was a gorgeous May evening just west of Washington, D.C. A friend and I were sitting on the...

Text: Job 38 I ran into Job while I was on leave a year ago. He looked like he had not slept for weeks and his typically...

Text: John 13:1-9 From the 16th century Reformation until today, churches have battled over the number of sacraments. In the Catholic...

Luke 15:11-32 I love the American folksinger Carrie Newcomer. I first heard her music some years back at a church conference in...