In the Name… A farmer bought an abandoned run down farm and set to work on it.  After a few months, the local preacher came by and said...

In the Name... I was recently reminded of the story of a pastor who went to get gas the Friday before a holiday weekend and found a long...

In the Name… In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy is walking home from school with Charlie Brown, carrying her report card in her hand. She turns...

In the Name… In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy is walking home from school with Charlie Brown, carrying her report card in her hand. She turns...

In the Name... After a particularly stirring sermon, a preacher asked his congregation to raise their hands if they felt in their hearts...

In the Name… I forget who it was who said that everybody is perfect – on their resumes. It was toward the end of summer in the year 386...

In the Name... A manager arrives at his new office and the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk...

In the Name... A mother was cooking pancakes for her two young sons, Ryan and Kevin.  They began to argue about who would get the first...

In the Name… Someone once said that confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. A bad experience can cause us...

The Rev. Lonnie Lacy, rector of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Tifton, Georgia posted a parody of "You'll Be Back" a hit song from the...

In the Name... One Saturday, a retired minister got a phone call from a church which was very small and poor.  The pastor was ill and the...

In the Name.... A young salesman was disappointed after losing an important sale.  In discussing it with his manager, the young man...

How would the Church deal with "the cat sat on the mat" if it appeared in the Bible? The Methodists would state that “cat” and “mat” had...

In the Name… A farmer was having trouble with some kids who kept stealing his watermelons so he put a sign in his field which read, “One...

In the Name… The farmer's son was on his way back from the market with the crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when the...

In the Name… Archbishop Fisher of Canterbury used to tell the story that one day, after he had spoken in a controversial debate in the...

In the Name... A successful businessman was once asked the secret of his success.  "Two words", he replied.  "Good decisions."  When...

It has been interesting to follow how the COVID has impacted worship in our parishes.  In some places, the clergy have adopted the...

In the Name... Alexander the Great is known as the king who conquered the world from Egypt to India.  But, he couldn't have done it...

by Peggy Samuels, Deacon Candidate In today’s Gospel from St. Matthew, Jesus says, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;...