Tennis phenom, Serena Williams, offered a brilliant example of virtuoso tennis playing on Saturday morning in the Olympic Gold Medal match against Maria Sharpova. For more than an hour, Williams gave herself completely in spirit, mind and body to the game that she now owns, having achieved a Golden Slam...

Watch night -- that was the last day of the year -- was a night when almost everybody in the church had a part. People would come in from late at night, many people who never did come to church. We didn't care if you were a saint or a...

We concluded the funeral liturgy on December 24, 2010 by singing an old hymn with these lyrics:

When we all get to Heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus,
We'll sing and shout for victory!

I planned this liturgy taking...