Friday my brain wasn’t working right. I was having difficulty concentrating, typing was excruciatingly error prone, loud noises made me jump, and when people spoke to me my entire body tensed up. This happens from time to time, typically as allergy season ebbs and flows through the year. It’s never fun, but the cure is…
Tag: Pastoring
Back in the Saddle
This Sunday I was back in worship at Central for the first time since departing on Vacation. This was an unusual break for us, as we typically find ourselves in worship at least one of the Sundays I’m off over Summer break – this typically happens because we often travel home a day early to…
You’re in my seat
There is a running joke 1 about “reserved pews” in many churches. People in a congregation could be welcoming, friendly, and genuinely kind – but sit in their pew and all Christian charity goes out the window. “This is my seat, you have to move!” I wish I could say it’s a worthless cliche, but…
Give me no titles
Last week I found myself in an email exchange with someone who was looking to hold a memorial service at Central for someone who’d been a member hear years ago but had moved away. I always sign my emails as “Wes,” so that is how she began to address me in our exchange. Apparently, she…
Seven months in – A reflective look ahead
I’m not certain what I was expecting when I began this “blog every day” journey. It was inspired by my friend, Jamison, who felt a challenge to create “something” every day of 2015. This blog had been sitting idle and it pushed me to move ahead and simply write. I’m now in my seventh month…
Invoking Independence
Well it happened again. I was asked to deliver another invocation at a civil event, this time it’s the Independence Day celebrations in nearby Riverton Park following the parade. Now, if you’ve been a reader of my blog you know how uncomfortable such invitations make me. I really do not like mixing civil and revealed…
