Today is my first day back from vacation. I’ve connected with some folks and got some processes underway for Annual Session in September, so it’s been a productive day so far. I have to say though, I despise mail. I spent nearly an hour going over the junk that gets sent to me. 90% ended…
Author: Wes Allen
Town Meeting mix-up
OK, I’m technically on vacation – but I’ve been watching the town meeting debacles unfurl from afar and I’m taking some time to comment before I move on to my second week of vacation (suitably enough, to a place where a “new birth of freedom” was proclaimed). Anyway, what’s been bugging me over all the…
Hebrews – Life Application Bible Study (review)
A couple of months ago I was offered an opportunity to join the Tyndale Blog Network. This gets me access to free books, which is always nice, and I review these books in return. It’s a nice deal, I must say. This is my first review. For my first review I decided to get the…
Welcome to synchronicity…
Conservatives tell me all the time that they don’t confuse the country with God. They tell me this even when they are complaining when I won’t let them sing the Star Spangled Banner during worship when the 4th of July falls on a Sunday, but they tell me this. Now, however, I’ve got a video…
Caught in the middle…
I was invited to a prayer breakfast this morning by a friend who happens to pastor the local Lutheran Church here in town. He’s been hoping for years to see people of faith have an impact “on the ground” in our aging small towns and suburbs and has become part of a coalition in New…
