The Long Hurt
The second most difficult thing in the world to do is to harbor anger and pain. This week, I read the story of a woman…
a time and a place (#1bread1body)
I am a child of my age. I carry my cell phone with me everywhere. I check facebook at least five times a day. In…
Loving Your Neighbor…Now
(Community Worship in the Park) It is so beautiful out, and all of you look so wonderful gathered here in community. Although it takes some…
Fear or Dialogue?
(This is a post I wrote last fall, but for some reason I never published… as we come closer to the tenth anniversary of September…
best customer service ever…
For the Iowa Annual Conference this year, our conference artist created a gallery in our meeting space. It housed a collection of works from various…
Idiotology
There has been a lot of talk on the airwaves lately about ideology. Mostly regarding economics and politics and the way people played chicken with this…
a church that agrees too often
After a few years in my congregation, I realized I had a major, however, hidden problem… My church didn’t know how to disagree. This may…
Where is Peter Bishop?
I honestly think that the closest I am ever going to come to experiencing what the disciples experienced after the crucifixion and burial of Jesus…