This past week, I spent three days at a pastors’ conference held by the CalPac Annual Conference of the UMC held in Palm Desert. Yes, it...

For two weeks now, I have been limping because of gout. The first time it happened, I woke up with a painfully swollen right ankle. Of...

Throughout history, the Christian Church’s importance in society rose and declined. In every culture, there has been a love-hate...