When I was growing up religion was of minor importance to my family – both nuclear and extended. While it was recognized that being “politely religious” was something that good people were, it was also true to say that being “politely religious” meant you show up to worship once and a while and expect people…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
Theophiles is a go..
For the last several years I’ve been a regular participant on a site called Christdot (X. for sort). I even rose to the rank of admin, and permanent poll option! While the journey was fun for the most part, and while I’ve formed some great friendships through the site, today that chapter of my life…
Baptism Reflections
Well, I’m teaching a baptism class over the next eight weeks. I’ve never been happy with the way I’ve taught baptism classes so I revamped the class for this set of candidates. One of the exercises that the candidates are supposed to be practicing are reflections on the various passages I’ve got them reading each…
Oh the neighbors!
Today, our neighbors got together for a gathering we’ve been trying to make more and more “regular.” We had 11 adults, 3 school-age kids, 1 toddler, and 2 babies running through our house today – and I loved just about every minute of it. This is unusual for me because after a couple of hours…
First Thoughts: Inspiration and Incarnation
When I first heard that Westminster Seminary had suspended Peter Enns I honestly can say I had no idea what the trouble was. Then I read some of the things people were saying on either side of that school’s community and I thought, “Wow, this is…weird.” So I did what anyone wanting more information on…
When church rivalry goes violent
There are times when being a public figure like a pastor scare the bejeebers out of me. Living next to the church building leads to some interesting knocks on the door (like when I opened the door with to find a man holding both hands behind his back and asking, “Is the pastor home?”) –…
