RELIGION — If bitterness has not already invaded your mind, it’s camped outside your door, ready to take over and scramble your faith in God. Tragedy can open the door to this dangerous attitude.  We recognize it sometimes in the elderly who, having weathered...

RELIGION — I can hardly begin to describe the countless ways God has blessed me. He let me be born to godly parents and grow up with four siblings who loved Jesus. He called me to preach the gospel. I have shared the gospel on five of the seven continents of the...

RELIGION — Books have been important to me. I blame my mama for that. She read fairytales to me when I was a little boy. Before I could read or write, I knew all about "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Snow White" and "Little Red Riding Hood." Television was not available...

RELIGION — Frederick Buechner wrote wisely about the power of forgiveness. He said, “When somebody you have wronged forgives you, you are spared the dull and self-diminishing throb of a guilty conscience.” I know that’s true from my own experience. I was at odds with...