Painfully Hopeful

The Officeless Office

Imagine a scenario unfolding as you watch. In many ways, it’s familiar. A church receives a phone-call which is fielded by the secretary, the secretary determines that the call is relevant for the pastor and asks if he or she is free to take the call, after determining that the pastor is able to take…

On the phone, and other archaic communications technology

I really dislike the phone. It’s annoying, intrusive, and demands my attention by an annoying clanging (or, worse, a digital rendition of clanging). For a while in the 1990’s I found a use for my phone-line, it got me on the Internet. When I got broadband, however, the phone just became annoying again. I don’t…

Keeping In Touch

I’m sitting outside enjoying an absolutely beautiful Spring day (and a day off). I am sitting on our swing as I write this, and had briefly considered bringing out our “landline” (it’s actually VOIP). I decided against it, but it got me thinking about the ways I keep in contact with people. As best as…

How far we’ve come

I saw this video in my Zite feed today. I showed my son the “state of the art” cellular phone at the time if this video, and then held up my iPhone. He just stared at me. Mobile technology has advanced at an insane rate over the last 30 years. What have our congregations done…

Magical Presentations(?)

Last night, Central Baptist Church had a wonderful evening of prayer which sprang from a discussion we recently had on restructuring. It was, truly, a good beginning. As I am, according to one of the members of our congregation (who happens to be a doctor), “The poster-child for ADD” I tend to avoid prayer…

Frustration

This comic is true for both the lay-person and the pastor. We spend so much time banging our heads against the reality in front us, the system we operate under, the models which used to work, and the reality we wish was still real that it’s difficult not to burn-out!