Living Forward

This morning I lead chapel at Riverview Estates. It’s a (mostly) Baptist retirement facility down by the Delaware River. There is a special connection between Riverview and Central Baptist, many of our members have lived, worked, or volunteered down there over the years (some have even done all three) so we feel that Riverview really…

An Unexpected use for user notes

I don’t like printing things. To me, printing out materials for something that is going to be used one time and then tossed away is a waste of both paper and ink – materials I don’t feel like spending a lot of money on. For all my antagonism towards printing, however, even I have to…

Summer Opportunity

I have an opportunity for folks who might be interested in learning how to integrate digital projection with their preaching or teaching. This August, I would love to work with four individuals in developing, writing, and presenting a sermon using a technique I call, “Sermon Painting.” Here’s what I’m thinking: Participants would meet 3 or…

Eight Years

This past Sunday marked my eight year as the pastor of Central Baptist Church. A couple years ago Palmyra became the longest location in which I’ve lived since college, and its certainly the longest I’ve been part of a congregation! Ten years is usually the mark at which we’d naturally reflect, but I’m say, “The…

I, Apparently, Suck

This is another Google Video blast from the past in which my friend Ron tells me why I’m a failure. Thanks Ron!

A Blast From The Past

Google Video is shutting down, so I’m uploading to You Tube some of the videos I had hosted there. This video was created in 2006 for an devotional movement we were doing at Central. The character, Darth Nohope, was constructed to give the congregation a third-party villain as we leapt into a new narrative, It…