Them, Too!
When I was looking at seminaries, two of my top schools were in Chicago right across the street from one another in the Hyde Park…
It's a coaching problem…
I was recently talking with a colleague about the fear/frustration that church members think we, as the pastors and staff, are the ones who do…
In the Night
When I was in college, our chaplain encouraged us to go to this event called, “Exploration.” It was a conference for young people who felt…
An ideal Saturday in the making
1) sleep in 2) eat a late breakfast/lunch 3) work out (because I promised myself I couldn’t do #5 until I did) 4) surf the…
Procedures
My household recently added a person to it. My brother in law moved in for a bit as he prepares to start graduate school. It…
Feedback and Preferences
I’ve been in my current congregation for about six months now and I know that we have some tinkering to do with worship. On the…
Words and lyrics
Everyone is gone for the day. The church is quiet and still. And here I sit, pouring over the words in the hymnal and songbooks….
Accidental author #NaBloPoMo
As one writing discipline ends, another begins. It has been good to return to regular blogging through the National Blog Post Month prompts. I have…