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The Reverend Stephen Crotts is pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Court House, VA. He is also the director of the Carolina Study Center, Inc., a campus ministry, located in Chapel Hill, NC. Pastor Crotts may be reached at carolinastudycenter@msn.com.
I stand for the National Anthem because it represents America’s ideals, not her realities. I sing it with longing, not a sense of us having arrived. I…
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods…
The year was 1346. The place? Genoa, Italy. A wooden sailing ship slowly made its way into the harbor with the morning tide. Lines were secured and…
At the close of America’s Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was stopped at the door and asked by a lady, “Well, Dr. Franklin, what have we…
A few years ago I was traveling through eastern Kentucky. A high school principal heard I was nearby and called my host asking me to speak in…
Just these lines, my friends, to say a congressman has been caught cheating. The crime? Padding his expense account. By overestimating his mileage home twice the actual…
March is the month named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Winter is about over, the snow is melting, roads become passable again, and armies can…
Men are fascinated by war. Books on the subject sell better to male readers than any other genre. Males flock to the ranks of Civil War re-enactor…
A few summers ago I studied and taught theology in Germany for a summer. Living among 24 young divinity students, we boarded in Wittenberg where, in 1517,…
Dorothy Parker wrote, “Life is a banquet, and some of you poor suckers are starving to death.” If you’re starved for food, for stimulation, these long gray…
The Reverend Stephen Crotts is pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Court House, VA. He is also the director of the Carolina Study Center, Inc., a campus ministry, located in Chapel Hill, NC. Pastor Crotts may be reached at carolinastudycenter@msn.com.
The Star Spangled Banner
I stand for the National Anthem because it represents America’s ideals, not her realities. I sing it with longing, not a sense of us having arrived. I…
The Amazing Law: Part Two
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods…
The Amazing Law, Part One
The year was 1346. The place? Genoa, Italy. A wooden sailing ship slowly made its way into the harbor with the morning tide. Lines were secured and…
July 4
At the close of America’s Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was stopped at the door and asked by a lady, “Well, Dr. Franklin, what have we…
You Never Know!
A few years ago I was traveling through eastern Kentucky. A high school principal heard I was nearby and called my host asking me to speak in…
Honest Abe
Just these lines, my friends, to say a congressman has been caught cheating. The crime? Padding his expense account. By overestimating his mileage home twice the actual…
What, Then, Is Spring?
March is the month named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Winter is about over, the snow is melting, roads become passable again, and armies can…
War so terrible
Men are fascinated by war. Books on the subject sell better to male readers than any other genre. Males flock to the ranks of Civil War re-enactor…
The Wee Church
A few summers ago I studied and taught theology in Germany for a summer. Living among 24 young divinity students, we boarded in Wittenberg where, in 1517,…
Winter Feast
Dorothy Parker wrote, “Life is a banquet, and some of you poor suckers are starving to death.” If you’re starved for food, for stimulation, these long gray…
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