This has been the year of the carpenter at Ragtown, it seems. At the risk of some confusion, we staged “The Carpenter’s Son” earlier this year, and I released a…

"There is a deep abyss that separates Hades from Paradise, which divides the stage into two distinct places. Paradise is beautiful, filled with golden light, and flower-bordered paths through rolling…

Last Saturday was one of those days. We discovered a problem with our sound system at the Friday night rehearsal. Saturday morning we were all perplexed, but eventually thought we…

Where Did Jesus Go When He Died? Two things that Jesus said create a mystery that is the foundation of this story. The first was when the two thieves being…

A Question To Ask Every Hour of Every Day for the Rest of Your Life I recently sold my dear old '53 Five-Window Chevy Pick-up. I never had a chance…

A young Jesus sews the seeds of faith among His future apostles, John, James, Peter, and Andrew, along with His younger brother, James. This is a heart-warming, uplifting message that…

Was It a Vision, or Merely Imagination? Standing on the brow of the hill outside Nazareth, looking out over the Jezreel Valley at the distant form of Mount Tabor, the…

(Click below to listen to the audio version) I took a total day off Sunday. Well, I was up and outside at 5 am stoking the coals and mopping my…

Our home church is elder led, and I have served in that leadership capacity for a long time. I have loved it, because I dearly love the people and the…

I just got a new computer, not because the old one was broken, but because it couldn't keep up with change. It was doing everything it was supposed to do,…