The Summer Day - by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who...
ATTENTION - On Sunday, I mentioned a new spiritual journey I’m beginning called “A to Z Spirituality.” Every week a new spiritual discipline is introduced to help individuals better sense the presence of God. The first...
Can you feel the excitement? Ever since I took the role as Senior Pastor at Royal Lane, I’ve been full of hope and optimism as to where our community of faith is headed. Royal Lane has such a bright future and is ripe with potential to...
Sacred Music with Mark Hayes - On Sunday, July 16, Mark Hayes and guest choristers from the Irving Chorale will be our guest worship leaders. Mark is a world-renowned composer and pianist and will be at presenting “An Evening with Mark...
Theological Curiosity - My son is very interested in the Christian faith. He loves to read his Bible, and he’s recently become entranced with a book series by Marc Olson, his favorite of the series being The World Jesus Knew. He loves...
The Discipline of Delight - About a year ago, I had the privilege of meeting the New York Times bestselling author, Shauna Niequist. She was a retreat leader at a conference I attended, and she spoke to us about the “discipline of...
The Starry Night - My son has a great affinity for Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.” I’m not sure where it started, but a few years ago he started recreating “The Starry Night” on his own...