A Graveside Homily for Nettie Imogene Glodo June 10, 2014 It seems that people in all times and all places want to lay their dead to rest in a beautiful place, whether for the scattering of ashes or for burial as we do here today. And this is a beautiful place, here on Mueller Hill. Read more

Following was the address to incoming students at Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando on August 23, 1999. See the postscript for an update on the details. My mother doesn’t live here, but let me tell you about her. She’s 82 years old, a widow the last 18 years. She still drives, helps with bingo at the Read more

From circa a year ago: After watching Mud at the Enzian last Friday night I officially forgave Reese Witherspoon  for her erstwhile C.O.P.S. appearance and Matthew McConnaughy for besmirching the memory of Johnny Cash with his tribute rendition of The Man Comes Around. Mud is symbol-laden and will bear watching another time or two in Read more

The pending release of the film Son of God reminded me of what I wrote back in 2004 with the release of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Which also reminded me of the large scale recruitment of church audiences by the producers of The Mission in 1986. ~~~~~~~~~~ Experiencing the Passion of the Read more

One Baptism – “NIB” Mike Glodo[1] Have you ever been perplexed by “netspeak?”  The world wide web has introduced a flood of new vocabulary, especially acronyms –  www, http, aol, ftp.  Instant- and text-messaging possess a language practically their own – lol, imho, btw.  “ASAP” is old school. As an occasional Ebay shopper, I’ve even Read more