“And be thankful,” says Paul in his letter to the Colossians (3:15). The directive comes in a list of commands near the end of a letter full of wonderful theology and ethics. Every time I…

Practice. The word itself strikes fear and loathing in my soul, memories seared into my psyche long ago, of summer days on football practice fields in Eastman, Georgia, heat and humidity so thick that you…

I am loathe to admit it, but here goes. My daughter and son-in-law live in London, England. They bought their first gas grill recently after extensive research, as well as immense input from the self-proclaimed…