Ready For A Close Up

Today was an absolutely beautiful day. Winter is about to strike again tomorrow, so I decided to head out with my camera to see what I could see. I haven’t been feeling well, and still am not one hundred percent, so it was good to feel like I could get out and stretch my legs…

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Unpacking The Satire Shield

Getting this out way late, I’ve been under the weather so my writing is taking a bit of a hit. Still, this was a fun scene to write and deserves to have some unpacking. Let’s get to it! The effects of Satire I adore satire as an art form. The works of Terry Pratchett, Douglas…

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Fiction Tuesday – The Satire Shield

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “OK kid, heads up,” Bug said as he poked Will’s arm. Jarred out of his silent revery, the teen looked over toward the gnome and saw something odd. He was shimmering. It wasn’t just a halo surrounding his shape, his entire…

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The Nicest Thing

Someone said just about the nicest thing they could say to me this week when I was out on a pastoral visit . “I love having you over because we’re just talking, it’s not like you’re ‘company.’” While I am quite comfortable with my calling as a pastor, I’ve never been comfortable with being The…

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What’s the Point?

I have to confess, I’m tired. I’m tired of conversations about worship being little more than marketing pow-wows. I’m tired of discussions in which the acts of singing, preaching, prayer, and offering are projected through the lens of, “What makes us look good?” Now, the people who reduce worship discussions to audience demographics are not…

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Why I Love Lent

Of all the seasons in the Church year, Lent is the one to which I’m most drawn. It’s a season of spiritual reset and reorientation, a deliberate move to be joined to the story of Jesus. While I appreciate the other seasons of the Church year, Lent is the one which absolutely refuses to make…

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