His Way with Words
The Art of L-evation: Helping to Extinguish Our Hellish Racial Fires
Wielding a Kitchen Extinguisher Back in 1999, our wood stove overheated, igniting our fireplace wall. While we waited for hose-bearing firefighters to arrive, my then 16-year-old son and I...
Eight Relational Bridges in the Election Aftermath
This past Sunday I delivered a message to my flock before the election with no knowledge of the outcome, to prepare us to respond to the election whatever the outcome. Here were my points,...
Mimicking a Monk: Telemachus, Gladiators, You, Me – and What Happens Next
(about 800 words to help start your post-election life) The Man Who Vanquished the Gladiators It was around 400AD, and the Roman Empire was in decline, though its sinful indulgences...
The Prayer Life that Matters Most (and it Isn’t Yours)
Whose prayer life matters most? The sirens are blaring outside at this very moment. As I sit here at home, situated on the doorstep of Philadelphia—a town currently reeling over the police...
RTI Update: A Cure for Our Poor Communication Pandemic
Announcing a Cure If I were a medical researcher and came upon a sure-fire cure for COVID, I would be responsible to let people know. What good is a cure if people don’t know about it?...
Do You Know What the “Omnis” Are?
Where’s Elliot? If you have never left a child behind, then you are a better parent than me. Our third son, Elliot, was about 11 when I took him to a basketball game in which his brother...
Aiming for God’s way through human words

His Way with Words offers occasional (due to sickness and journal keeping) perspectives that are relevant for our times. In it I try to express His (God’s) way—as best I can understand it—with my words. Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this blog are not necessarily the opinions of my pastors or any other partners in ministry. I am solely responsible for everything on this site.