Jason and I shared a conversation this morning. He told me he was talking with a person about church, church…

Our Associate Pastor here on The Hill, who affectionately refers to himself as "jvpastor", recently returned from a week of…

A few years ago I heard sermon/talk by Walter Wangerin. He gave a powerful illustratoin of what it means to…

A recent "perspective" article appeared in our Baptist Messenger, our denominational rag. Our Executive reflected on the state of the…

A very good friend of mine recently began writing poetry. He is an accomplished writer and yet sometimes the transition…

There is little doubt I am a Sooner fan. I may not be of the frothing variety, but with an…

My parents own a cabin at a private lake west of Oklahoma City. We grew up "going to the lake"…

Today's "Daily Oklahoman" carries an article about the arrest of a bank robber. This is no ordinary story - or…

I moved over my posts from "Musings on life and faith" from December 2003 to justtodd here with Typepad. I…

The transistory nature of our culture heightens those times when we witness something of stability. Eugene Peterson wrote a book…