David Burchett

I rarely suggest that anything I write is a must read. There is a simple reason for that. Most of what I write is not. Today is the exception not...

Since many feel our country is in trouble I decided to see how our leaders addressed Thanksgiving in other difficult and trying times...

Nearly all faith issues in the public square are unique so there is no one rule fits all. But I do think that most of these cultural issues fall...

In our last humble rambling we looked at a hard hitting bus advertising campaign in the United Kingdom that boldly proclaimed there “probably” is...

A recent advertising campaign in the United Kingdom caught my attention. A comedy writer in London noticed that the local buses often carried...

Our family did not attend church on any sort of regular basis. But we watched Billy’s “crusades” on our black and white Sylvania television every...

I am sure that I have read this particular passage dozens of times over the years. Today God’s Word jumped off the pages and especially resonated...

No matter who wins I am making a commitment today. I am going to pray for the leaders that are chosen. I may not agree with the choice. But I...

I was just about finished with my daily dose of depression from the morning newspaper when an advertisement stopped me cold. It was a full page ad...

The whole world seems a little shaky these days. The political climate is discouraging and draining. My retirement just got delayed until I am 110...

The box office success of Fireproof has many critics scratching their heads. Some are indignant that the Christian message is so obvious and in...

No, this space has not become a medical alert. An earworm is a term for a portion of a song that becomes "stuck" in your head and you cannot get it...

A country tune by Kenny Chesney is chock full of catchy rhythms and bad theology. The song is called Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven. What caught...

I am dismayed and disgusted with Democrats, Republicans, campaign spokespersons and spinpersons, the media and countless others in the current...

This quote from George Eliot is not in the Beatitudes but Jesus might have thought about including it. "Blessed is the man who, having nothing to...

Nothing makes me more nervous than writing about faith and politics. I wrote a piece with the tongue-in-cheek title “Will Democrats Go To Heaven?”....

Sarah Palin's remarks about Trig and about advocacy for special needs children touched my heart. My wife devotes her career to helping special...

I thought about what the real question is to be admitted into heaven. For me it is pretty simple. Oddly the real question is the one that Saint...