We live in a culture which loves to be always on the move. In fact, we tend to rate our value on how “productive” we are. If we write so many thousands of words, get to as many functions as possible, make “x” dozens of cookies before 8AM, or stencil the garden fence1 we can…
Category: Pastoring
Show and tell
Several years ago a new resident of Riverview Estates, Miss Peg, began attending worship at Central Baptist. She’s a wonderful lady. She is joyful, inquisitive, loves to laugh at herself, and is a tad bit mischievous. Really, she’s my type of person. If you read my blog with any regularity, Peg is often sharing her…
Whatever
I missed participating in the theotek podcast last night, things are a little hectic around these parts and it just didn’t work out. Today I tuned in 1 to see what I missed and, thanks to the diagramming work of Kevin Purcell, I literally saw something. Kevin was using Philippians 4:8-9 as an example, and…
What a weekend
It was an incredibly busy, yet rewarding, weekend. Allow me to reflect 1. First, the week of insane allergy attacks put me a day behind in productivity. I normally write my sermon Thursday morning, then go do some other pastoral tasks like visitation and general information processing. Friday mornings I edit my first draft and…
Stop the madness
Churches need to have a serious talk about guns. If one bothers to look there is more information coming out about the church shooting in North Wales last Sunday. Most of the information in this latest article I already knew from sources one step removed from the actual shooting. I haven’t shared it because I…
Never Again
I didn’t check my news feeds until late this afternoon, so it wasn’t until around 4 o’clock that I saw the news about a church shooting in North Wales, PA. Not only is that just up the road from where I grew up, I have friends who continue to live in the area. Seeing such…
