Freedom to Follow Jesus – Of My “Own Accord”
The Huxford side of my family tree can trace its arrival in the New World all the way back to 1679, when Captain Samuel Huxford, from Long Beedy, Dorsetshire, England, took up residence in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, as the first member of the Huxford family to come to the new world and stay. Eventually one…
A Fellowship of Differents
In an intriguing book written several years ago, A Fellowship of Differents, Scot McKnight writes, “The Christian life is not just about how I am doing as an individual, but especially about how we are doing as a church, and how and what I am doing in that mix of others called the church.” What…
Commencement Sermon
Photo courtesy of Point University On May 9, I was honored to be asked to give the commencement address at my alma mater, Point University. This semester marks my retirement after 50 years of continuous employment at Point! I was also humbled to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University. Several friends asked me…
Pentecost is Coming!
I love the comment Jesus makes to His disciples in Acts 1:5. He is with the apostles just as He is about to ascend. When I read Acts 1 I imagine that this group of followers of Jesus are a bit antsy. Jesus reminds them that “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy…
Jesus’ Great Gift
It is Holy Week, and there is much to think about. For me personally, the focus always ends up rehearsing the testimony of the Lord’s Supper. That story is filled with the gospel in ways we may not even realize. Here is a brief word from William Willimon’s The Last Supper: Conversations That Led to…
Thinking About Lent
We are close to a third of the way through the 40 days of Lent, marching toward “the first day of the week” of a new creation era that Jesus’ resurrection brings. Growing up, I didn’t know much about Lent beyond the fact that the only Roman Catholic girl in my high school class gave…
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
The prophet Jeremiah served God in the most difficult of times. Jerusalem, the holy city, is in the midst of crumbling all around him. Before it is all over, God’s chosen people will be in exile in Babylon, and the Temple – that sacred building that served to remind all of the world, not just…
Remembering
Two weeks from today is Ash Wednesday, perhaps the most direct reminder in the Christian calendar of our need for a dose of reality when it comes to our relationship with God through Jesus Christ our Lord. I realize that “Ash Wednesday isn’t in the Bible.” But neither are church buildings, church by-laws, church boards,…
In Remembrance of Amy Graham Peters
12 February 1975 – 7 January 2026 Note: I wrote this in honor and memory of my oldest niece, who died last week. I share it here with the permission of her mother, who is my older sister. Please join me in prayer for the family. This is such an odd moment. It doesn’t seem…
Striving to Do Better
On this date, more than 200 years ago, on 7 January 1807, a ship named Fair American arrived in the port city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of 88 kidnapped Africans who would soon be sold as slaves to cotton, rice, and indigo plantation owners in the Lowcountry surrounding the city (Daily Calendar…
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