The "And from Bill..." Archive

Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around my household’s loyalty to the “sport” of professional wrestling.

Omaha was a hotbed for wrestling, which back then consisted...

My most recent exchange with a fellow member of a theological forum site to which I belong got heated the other day. I don’t know whether the other person felt angry, but I sure did! When I...

Among the objectives of this archive is to reflect the diversity of content and manners of presentation I have employed over the last 29 years. One of those manners of presentation has been columns...

On October 19, two days after the posting of this archive entry, our church will celebrate its 95th birthday. It provides a measuring stick by which to gauge my tenure as FCCEM pastor to note that...

The story of the rich young ruler’s encounter with Jesus on the question of what the ruler has to do to have eternal life has been my favorite Gospel story for decades.

Several aspects of the...