In 1741 George Frederick Handel started work on his greatest oratorio, The Messiah.  His friend, Charles Jennens organized passages of Scripture to form the libretto for the piece.  However, Handel was virtually bankrupt as he began his composing, but with funding help from Dublin, Ireland, he began his work…

I begin with a confession: My relationship with Halloween is conflicted.  I have fond memories of trick-or-treating as a child.  I love seeing costumed children coming to our door and joyfully getting candy…

In our adult Bible class, here at Littleton, we are studying the book of Judges. Led by our excellent teacher, Matt Cass, we looked at chapter three last Sunday and saw a pattern that continues through the rest of the book: Israel sins; God allows them to be plagued by enemies; they cry out; and God appoints a charismatic leader…

In reading my last blog post, a dear friend suggested that I could have included the impact of the fall on creation itself in disasters. He’s right, and so that’s where I’ll go in this blog...

The devastation of Helene, per predictions, will be compounded by the coming devastation to Florida of Milton. And, as I write, it is the anniversary of Black Saturday when Hamas attacked Israel…

My father died from the complications of pneumonia in August 1996.  At just about that time, Irish singer/songwriter, Phil Coulter, wrote a song after his father died, titled “The Old Man"...

Here, at the Littleton Church of Christ, we just had our “Mission Sunday.” Speaking that day was our brother from Marseille, France, Philippe Dauner. I always appreciate Philippe because the content of his messages is always Biblically rich...

A great weekend is now behind us at the TRYAD camp. We renewed our love with many, yet missed others we had grown to love. I spoke four times, and each message was followed by intensely personal discussions which were rich with both pain and hope...

In my last blog post, I mentioned that I will speak at the TRYAD camp this week. I will give four presentations on Matthew 18. This chapter forms a unit on the community of the Messiah, Jesus...

On this Labor Day weekend, I will again have the joy of being the speaker at the TRYAD camp. Roxanne and I will join Becki Graves and other dear friends at the Easter Seals Camp in Empire, CO...

In my last two blogs, I wrote about two hymns that spoke powerfully to our faith. This week, I want to address a general aspect of our singing. That aspect is unity…

On the weekend I turned 76, a lot happened. Of course, I got older and with that naturally comes thoughts of aging and mortality. I assure you those thoughts were not morbid, and that’s part of the point of this blog post…

As I prepared for my sermon, “A Place for Reconciliation,” from Matthew 18:15-20, one hymn was constantly on my mind. The hymn was written by Joseph Swain (1761-1796)…

Philippians 1:27 Above all, you must live (politeuomai) as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ…

Luke loves to tell his story by using contrasting pairs. Acts 4-5, as we saw in my last blog, contained such a pairing. Barnabas’ generosity stands in contrast to the greed and dishonesty of Ananias and his wife Sapphira. I will now look at another pairing about wealth and possessions…