How to plan a funeral #NaBloPoMo
Today’s prompt comes from BlogHer Blogging: What knowledge do you have that others don’t? Write a “how to” post about anything you’ve got skills for, small…
funeral
postmodern holiness
I have been having a discussion with some colleagues about what it means to be disciples and pastors in the world today. The question was…
ding dong, the witch is dead…
I found out that Osama Bin Laden had been killed last night as I was crawling into bed. It has been a long week, I…
how can we laugh at a time like this?
I’m sitting at my computer, looking out the 24th floor window of my hotel in Des Moines. I am currently attending our annual School for…
so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen… #reverb10
As a pastor, funerals are a part of my life. I help families and friends say good bye to loved ones all the time. This…
Remembering in Five #reverb10
In a year full of ordinary days and moments and the little things that we do and quickly forget… here is to taking five minutes…
the world is my parish…
There is this saying sometimes about Methodists… that we’ll marry and bury anyone. And in my little town, I guess that is true. Most of…
upside down and inside out
Today, my brain stopped working. I was standing at the graveside for a funeral going over the so familiar liturgy and every minute or two,…