I no longer officiate many weddings, but I have performed two in the past two weeks — one for the daughter of a good friend and the other for my granddaughter, Corrie. Corrie married Hank Hayes, a wonderful Christian young man from Nashville, Tennessee. The two met and began dating while...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the funerals of Judge Tom Wine and Coach Denny Crum. I received several emails thanking me for the tributes, and after reading them, I thought of a famous sermon from J. Wallace Hamilton called “How Long Is Your Shadow?” In the sermon, Dr. Hamilton made...

In a world where many seem obsessed with gaining the next big emotional high, it is often the lesser moments, when we are able to see God’s faithfulness, that bring us sustained joy. Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;...

I recently spoke at the funeral services for two of my friends – Tom Wine and Denny Crum. Both were well-known and influential community leaders. Tom Wine was a former Kentucky appellate judge and the current Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorney for Jefferson County.  Sadly, he died just two weeks after learning...

Growing up, my mother was the primary disciplinarian in our family. My dad was gracious and merciful, while my mother was more concerned with truth and justice. My mom believed Proverbs 22:15 was to be taken literally: “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod...