God spoke to Jeremiah early in his life saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). God's…

My cousin got married for the first time when she was in her 40s. She refused the usual pastoral marriage counseling because she was convinced that after looking for so many years, she'd finally found the right o…

Love is a complicated subject. We often lightly pass it off. There is a holiday next week that gets plenty of hype from retailers so they can make a lot of money. In 2020, a month before the country “shut d…

It was spring 1964. I was a freshman at Newark State (now called Kean) College in Union, N.J., majoring in elementary education. But my main goal was to get married to Prince Charming, live in a cute little house…

It's Christmas card exchanging season, and often that includes a letter that wraps up all the notable events that have taken place in the sender's life. I used to do the card thing and sometimes included a letter…

Taken from the words of the angels to the shepherds on the night of Jesus' birth, these words are frequently excerpted and repeated this time of year. It is as if they are associated in the public's mind as the r…