This past Saturday I was manning the “Technology in Ministry” booth during ABCNJ’s annual session. I had many good conversations with folks about how technology can be used to connect people, and some conversations that left me kinda down. On the good side, people seemed to be genuinely happy to have the people from their…
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From the, “My how…odd” department…
I can now say that I’ve seen the line where Christian organizations must never, ever, cross again in their efforts to make sure donors get credit. I saw this on the inside of the Men’s room door. The Women’s room is similarly marked (though, with the credit going to one particular woman). From Annual Session…
Lecture’s over, the series begins…
Yesterday I did something that I’ve never done as a pastor, I lectured. I don’t really feel comfortable lecturing in a sermon, which I believe ought to be a meditation on Scripture, but we’re beginning a series that required people to have some “world behind the text” data before we got underway. By lecture I…
One of the reasons I’m still part of ABCNJ
Many of my former Protestant friends wonder why I bother staying in the Protestant fold (you know who you are!). This is one of the reasons. The leadership in our region is taking a long look at the state of our churches, and actually proactively moving to address the problems. This is good work and,…
A Note from a Friend…
I just found this piece on what one church is doing to help promote Biblical literacy over on ABCNJ.net. Dee Dee is a person I consider a friend, and she’s doing a good thing with this. Two points in commentary, but do yourself a favor and read them after you read the article, OK?
Over Six Summers
I’m about to start my sixth “school year” here in Palmyra. Believe it or not, but this is the longest I’ve lived in any one place since I started dorming at LMH when I was 17 years old. It is certainly the only home that my son remembers, and the only one that my daughter…
