by Mark Hamilton | Oct 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last week, as I was flying back from a deans’ meeting in Pittsburgh (aren’t you envious?), I tried to change my flight to get back home a little earlier. The meeting had ended sooner than anticipated, so it made sense to try. After fiddling with her...
by Mark Hamilton | Sep 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Often our discussions of worship focus on what we should do. Do we sing modern praise songs or just the great hymns of the past? Do we sing a cappella, with an organ, with a rock band, or whatever? Does the preaching last a few minutes or quite a few? Does the...
by Mark Hamilton | Sep 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Now that is Summit is in the books, we can turn back to the Psalms. But let me say first that last week was a wonderful time, as always, of seeing old friends and making new ones. Many good things were said and done, and we all got to remember how pleasant it is to...
by Mark Hamilton | Sep 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
This originally appeared as an op-ed in the Abilene Reporter News on September 18, 2010. As the recent headlines about Qur’an burning and mosque building have made clear, Americans are conflicted about religion. Caught between those who fantasize about a Christian...
by Mark Hamilton | Sep 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that fewer things bother me, but the ones that do bother me more than ever. Maybe that’s your experience too. The thing that bothers me most these days is the widespread acceptance of slander, bullying, disrespect,...
by Mark Hamilton | Sep 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sometimes life is too much with us. I’ve thought about that a lot this weekend: when sawing up a tree that the wind broke, when painting a fence I had repaired a year ago but just now got around to finishing, when trying to send text messages to a more tech...
