Painfully Hopeful

Moments

I continue to marvel at the odd positions in which my particular vocation places me. I am a geek who has a deep love of history and technology, and yet I am also a pastor who has a deep concern for the way we people practice our humanity. This often places me in a rather…

Accidental Pastoral Care

Sometimes I find it fascinating how my accidents turn out to be opportunities for connection. This morning I attempted to text a Brazillian pastor who has been attending Central the past several weeks. As it turns out, I accidentally deleted his cell number before I saved it into my contacts. In an odd circumstance, another…

Math and moral philosophy

Have you ever head the phrase, “Two wrongs don’t make a right?” It’s what you say, for example, when someone has acted obnoxiously and a person is lead to retaliate with equal or greater obnoxious behavior. When confronted, the retaliator will typically resort to the defense, “But they did something just as bad to me!…

Unpacking Identity Crisis

With Michael joining the party this passage became a necessity. Walter’s background has been teased over the course of the story thus far, and it’s soon going to be coming to the surface much more prominently. This was just the beginning, let’s unpack. Michael’s smiled warning The truth is, as soon as Walter stepped through…

Fiction Tuesday – Identity Crisis

Walter and Ama exchanged a look, which was obviously not the reaction Michael was expecting. “I’m sorry, Healer Ama, if I’ve been presumptuous. But I know of no other way to assure your arrival in Meadow Run.” “I thought you said the guards on First Run don’t recognize your authority.” Michael shook his head. “No,…

First thoughts on an upgrade

This past weekend my wife and I paid off our phones on T-Mobile and I thought, “Hey, maybe I’ll upgrade.” I was already planning on picking up a 6s+, but figured I’d do it around Christmas time as I normally do. With the phones paid off, however, I figured it would be fun to see…