Norman W. MacFarlane
W. Norman MacFarlane is a retired United Church of Christ pastor and lives in Boring, Maryland
Articles by Norman W. MacFarlane
Forgiveness
October 1998
A minister was upset to see one of his parishioners stagger out of a tavern. "Tom," he said, "I am sorry to see you coming out of a place like that."
The inebriate asked, "Are you very sorry?"
"Yes,…
Train up a child
July 2003
The common lament among con science-stricken Christian parents regarding wayward children is: "Where did we fail? Where did we go wrong? What could we have done differently?"
When in seminary, I, along with…