In the Name.... A pastor once said to an elderly parishioner who would always obsess over whatever was on the evening news that she...

In the Name... A journalist visiting Jerusalem heard about a very old rabbi who had been going, for as long as anybody could remember, to...

In the Name… There's a bright light in the sky. It grows closer and closer until you see it's a huge metal saucer which descends and...

In the Name… A church had a picnic and the pastor placed a basket full of apples on one end of a table with a sign saying, "Take only one...

In the Name... A Sunday School teacher asked her class of little ones, "What's Easter all about?" Well, one child said "Eggs!" Another...

In the Name... A rabbi once told me the reason that it took ten plagues to convince Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go. He was in De-Nile. In...

In the Name... A Jesuit, a Dominican and a Trappist monk were cast way on a desert island and found an old lamp in the sand. They all...

In the Name... One night, a burglar broke into an old woman's house. She woke up and, as he fled, she shouted out "Acts 2.38" - a Bible...

In the Name... A priest was walking down a quiet city street one night when a robber jumped out and pulled a gun on him. "I've only got...

In the Name... One day, the pastor's wife came home with an expensive dress in hand. When her husband asked her about it, she explained....

In the Name... A little girl was learning to say the Lord's Prayer from memory and she was doing quite well reciting it until she came to...

In the Name… A young man had just gotten his driving permit and asked his father, a minister, if they could discuss the use of the car....

In the Name... Back in the 1970's, Episcopal seminaries started offering something called the Doctor of Ministry. It's sort of a...

In the Name... Teaching about today’s Gospel in his class, a Sunday School teacher had a terrible cold that affected his voice, so, his...

In the Name... There was once a preacher planning to go on holiday but, he didn't want the congregation to miss his wonderful sermons. ...

In the Name... I've always enjoyed the New Yorker cartoon which portrays the traditional manger scene bathed in light from the star,...

In the Name... As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And, what would you like for Christmas?" The child...

In the Name... There's a story told of the day when St. Peter and Jesus popped down to earth to play some golf, and, as they were going...

In the Name... Happy New Year! Yes, you know what I mean. It's that time of year when the Episcopal Church goes all countercultural and...

In the Name... A cathedral was having some work done on its roof and had installed a cage elevator outside to haul men and materials to...