robed authority
I was blessed to officiate the wedding of my friends recently. And up until five minutes before the wedding, I couldn’t decide if I would…
true self
what it means to be a girl friend… and a pastor
This past weekend, I got to hang out with a ton of my friends from college. I felt almost like a completely different person while…
Some things are more important than bulletins
Today a young woman walked into the church and asked to use the telephone. Not a problem, I said. And while she sat in the…
chaotic peace
The other day, B strongly encouraged me to organize my pocketbook. It seemed like such a silly thing at the time, but there it was,…
taking the first steps to healthy
I might have posted something about this before… but pastors, in general, and in the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, in particular,…
KEEPER!
A fellow pastor has a blog entry entitled “keepers” for this week. My blog post will be nothing like his. Although, his made me think…
you can’t please everyone…
I’m coming to realize that one of my greatest weaknesses is trying to please everyone. I have a very terribly hard time saying no. I…
it causes me to tremble…
Day two of our annual conference has completed. We have voted on exactly 7 items of legislation. And we have celebrated and praised and prayed and…