Read the Lectionary Texts   Practical Christianity. I must confess to you that's what I'm interested in. Practical Christianity. A down-to-earth faith that walks more than it talks. A faith that not only believes great things, but lives out those beliefs every day. A faith that works. And if that's the kind of faith that interests you, I want to urge you to embrace the Bible, and most particularly, the New Testament. Contrary to what many people think, the Bible is not a book about who begat who, not a convenient listing of life's do's and don'ts, not a [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts One of the neat things about long-distance automobile travel is that you get to discover what we Americans hold in common from state to state to state. Now, at first glance, you might think that we are a nation of Cracker Barrel restaurants. But no, the further north you drive, the fewer Cracker Barrels you find. So it's not the Cracker Barrel that binds us together. And we who live in the south might think the common link across the nation are highway billboards. But, strange to say, I have learned that there are actually places in our land where people [READ MORE]