Unity is a concept that is as old as humanity. It permeates the stories of history, the attaining of unity, the betrayal of unity, and the loss of unity. American money has this motto printed on each bill “E Pluribus Unum” – Out of the Many One. Sadly, our motto seems to be a faraway wish in light of our divisive society today. Unity means strength. Division means destruction or loss or…

I knew a man once who loved to hear sermons about fire and brimstone. He was himself, an indulgent man who wasted his life on behaviors that we should not talk about in polite company. And yet, every year he went to the annual “revival meetings” at a church he had gone to in his youth, looking forward to hearing about the fires of hell and the impending judgment God was to…

Winston Churchill once said “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime, in your life.” I’m not sure I trust the convictions of a man with no enemies. Let me explain. To have deep convictions means not abandoning those convictions even when they are not popular. And when you do that, you automatically invite drama from those who insist your convictions are “wrong” “bad” or “insensitive.” And then…