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Kevin McGhee
Bring back the stewardesses
- On our recent American Airlines flight from the Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas, we had two highly professional stewardesses. On our short flight, these wonderful professionals were polite, helpful and obviously focused on making the passengers feel safe and comfortable.
Kevin McGhee: A love story for the Fourth of July
- They met at a fraternity party in Baltimore the year before he left to attend the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Three years later, she slipped a ring on his finger at the academy’s “ring dance” — and 12 months later, he gave her an even more precious ring as John and Mary Dunham were married on the day he graduated from Annapolis, class of 1950.
When voting becomes an expression of faith
- My oldest daughter will vote in her first presidential election this year. She plans to come home from college so that she can cast her first vote in person. My daughter has gone with me to Presidential inaugurations and nominating conventions. And she has watched her dad accumulate a closet full of presidential campaign memorabilia — some from back to the time of Abraham Lincoln.
Grief, sadness are Godly emotions
- Grief is called “the inevitable emotion.” It’s a complex jumble of feelings that overwhelm us when a friend or loved one dies.
Despite the controversy, Psalm 139 is a must-read
- In my April 12 column , “The fingerprints of God are never too far away,” I quite publicly acknowledged that I have a few problems with the “theory of evolution” — and suggested that those in the fields of theology and science need not be seen as enemies but as colleagues on a common path to seek the truth.
The fingerprints of God are never too far away
- Close-minded. Accept their view by faith without questioning. Hostile. Angry. Willing to punish those who disagree — these are all charges that have been frequently laid at people of many faiths who believe that Charles Darwin got it wrong.
- Close-minded. Accept their view by faith without questioning. Hostile. Angry. Willing to punish those who disagree — these are all charges that have been frequently laid at people of many faiths who believe that Charles Darwin got it wrong.
For sex addicts, help and hope is a phone call away
- In more than 20 years of ministry, I have had the rare privilege to be with families in moments of joyous celebration: weddings, the birth of children, and the renewal of vows after many years of faithfulness. But my pastoral teammates and I also have been called on to be present when it seemed there was only darkness.
Sailor’s sacrifice rings true for Easter
- Sandwiched between the “puttin’ on the green” of St. Patrick’s Day last Monday, which honors the man who brought Christianity to Ireland, and the worldwide celebrations of Easter this weekend, is another day of festivity I think Jesus would have loved.
Howard Portnoy
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