(From 1999 to 2006, I served as Pastor of Wilton Baptist Church, Wilton, CT, a town deeply tied to New York City and one that suffered casualties on 9/11/2001. I wrote this reflection on September 25, 2002, just after the Second Anniversary observance of 9/11. -bguffey) After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I twice visited the World Trade Center site with young adult friends and family who were new to the City and wanted to visit the site to pay their respects to those who died there. The first...

In our current situation in the world, it's tempting to complain and blame, which you may be entitled to do in some cases, I'm sure. However, as the narrator of C.S. Lewis' The Silver Chair says early in the book, just as one of the characters bemoans the crisis of losing a companion over a cliff, followed by confrontation with a lion: “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” Amen to that. Here are ten...

(a prayer for walking the sometimes lonely road of faith) So what are you doing with us now, O Lord? We have left everything to follow you. Where are you taking us? I know, I know. We are on a journey with you to your kingdom/kin-dom while embodying your kingdom/kin-dom while on the move. But some days are hard, Lord. In our prayers, and experiences, and in the pace of our lives, and the lives of our companions in Christ, we search for glimpses of you along the way -- pillars of...