Today’s post is a short story which takes place in the world I created for a novel I began several years back. One day, I’ll sit down and finish it just so I can say, “I wrote a novel.” It’ll never be published, but I can say I did it. The elevator door opened and…
Month: January 2015
Lost and Found
This post was supposed to be my sermon for January 18, 2015. We had to cancel worship due to bad icing on the roads and sidewalks so I’m offering it here. Before reading on, please read Luke 19:1-10 so you have some context. Just like we read last week 1, in this passage Jesus heads…
Pastoral Advice – A Haiku
Pastoral advice You’re a person not a role A mask do not wear Reflection I am sometimes worried at the way pastors take up the role of The Pastor, the ultra-competent and all-wise shepherd of the flock. It’s not that I believe they are insincere when they do so. In fact, I believe most of…
Going Neutral – Part II
Note: The Featured image today is the pulpit from Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA. The “ceiling” of pulpit is what’s known as a sounding board. It’s several layers of different density wood, with the grains in alternating directions. When sound waves bounce off the board, the wood vibrates and actually helps to amplify speech….
Going Neutral – Part I
I pastor a church in the Baptist tradition. A key element of the Baptist tradition is it’s independence in the calling of the it’s pastors. The congregation, and the congregation alone has the power to call its pastor. This has both obvious benefits and downsides. If a congregation is reasonably healthy and self-aware of it’s…
Agent Carter – an Important Mid-Season Journey
I’m now three hours in to Marvel’s mid-season spy show, Agent Carter. I am quite enjoying it thus far. Agent Carter is a fascinating look into what eventually became SHIELD, and I’m hoping we’ll also get a peek at the way Hydra infiltrated the organization in the post-WWII era. It also makes me glad to…
