I am certainly not the first to observe the great difference between parenting and grandparenting, that from the vantage point of the years we understand that what we thought were near crises were not so serious after all, that whether or not they ate their brussels sprouts had nothing to do with the kind of […]
Weep Together
May 30, 2014 by 4 Comments
The Middle East Peace Talks appear to be at a dead end. It does not seem that either Israel or the Palestinians have the will to negotiate meaningfully. At the last minute Israel reneged on a promise to release Palestinian prisoners and, for good measure, announced the construction of yet more housing in territory claimed […]
Eastertide
April 27, 2014 by 3 Comments
The message and meaning of Easter continue long after the day and its wonderful customs and celebrations are over. Christians observe a small Easter every Sunday when we gather to worship on the first day of the week, Resurrection Day. The ancient church designated the time after Easter Day as Eastertide or the Season of […]
A Glorious Truth
April 18, 2014 by 6 Comments
Easter crowds are huge. Churches schedule extra Sunday morning services plus a Sunrise Service at the local park. Pews are full to overflowing at 11:00. People who don’t attend church all year are there on Easter Sunday morning. Sometimes preachers can’t resist the temptation and try to disguise their consternation in the form of hackneyed humor, wishing the congregation a […]
Don’t Make Me Come Down There: Part 2
December 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Greetings! This is the second installment of a three part series to share with you one of Dr. Buchanan’s most popular advent sermons from recent years. Please catch up with part 1 (posted on Wednesday, December 18); join us for this second installment this morning, and check back tomorrow morning for the moving conclusion to […]
A Call for Civility
October 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
Civility was the theme of the Western National Leadership Training event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in mid October, sponsored by the Synod of the Rockies, Presbyterian Church(USA). The theme was timely nationally in light of congressional gridlock, the shut down of the federal government and the threat of debt default – as a result of […]
Hold to the Good 
Doing God’s Work
For several years I met with a group of Christian and Jewish leaders to discuss how Christians and Jews can talk together about the Middle East. The underlying concern of the Jewish participants was why Mainline Protestant Churches seem, to the Jewish community, to be so unbalanced in their attitudes about Israel. Christian participants wondered […]