Life Goes On
I assumed life at the church would coast on by while I was gone. I wasn’t expecting any major problems. I know my…
Katie Z.
Confession of a repentant iowa caucus skipper
The eyes of the world were fixed on Iowa tonight and the 2012 caucuses. And I sat on the floor in my living room, a…
overwhelmed by thanks
This past Sunday, as we were finishing up children’s time and saying, “Amen,” my pianist started playing a song. We typically sing after children’s time,…
Toby and the Church
I think one of the saddest moments I have witnessed on NBC’s “The Office” is seeing Toby Flenderson stand alone outside of a church. The…
surprising indeed…
I have been trying to really practice the season of Advent this year. I have a nightly devotion by Adam Hamilton that I am reading…
self-haters no more
I am now in the habit of stalking my youth group members on facebook… not to see what kinds of mischeif they are into… but…
my good deeds are like a tampon…
In this week’s lectionary readings we find a prayer from Isaiah 64. The tide has turned in Isaiah’s (or second Isaiah’s) thoughts and no more…
size 8
I think one of the hardest things for a pastor of a United Methodist Church to do is to lose weight. There is food everywhere….