David Williams
The reason we sing
I was wandering the halls of my son's school one weekend as I awaited what was to be the first in a series of performances by my teens. The little guy . . . not so little, at 13 . . ....
Like holding God's hand
When you bring kids up front in a worship service, it's a bit like opening your sanctuary to a band of foraging raccoons.
...The voices of children in the church
A couple Sundays ago, I performed a baptism.
As baptisms go, it wasn't the usual fare. I've baptized babies and very little ones, and that's a delight, utterly different every time. I've welcomed adults into the fellowship of the faith, and watched as the water that poured down their faces mingled with tears of joy.
But I've never baptized a kid before.
Biblical authority in Babylon
Not everything that I encounter in my exploration of a text makes its way into a sermon, and recently, one particular "remainder" stuck with me. ...
The NRA and a shooting close to home
My earliest memories are of Nairobi. From the age of two until my family returned stateside right before I went into first grade, Kenya was my home....
The shabbos goy and the Torah
The other day was Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the day that ends the High Holy Days in Judaism. It's a day of fasting and reflection, and this year, it was also on a Sabbath.
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