As last night’s deacons meeting our community garden was brought up. It’s produced a yield that we couldn’t have possible imagined, which has lead to the garden getting a tad over-run. It was brought up that the garden has been awesome, but we needed to lay out a plan to really put the “community” in…
Tag: Pastoring
Spirituality 101
The most memorable spiritual lesson I learned in college was actually taught to me by my astronomy professor, Dr. Bradstreet. For years the astronomy students at Eastern practiced the art of lugging telescopes into place, manually calibrating them, and learning how to keep a stellar object in the field of view so it could be…
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…
Satire is FUN
I’m a Baptist pastor, but this conversation is one I’ve had far too many times in the past.  After I have a conversation with some of my low-Church brethren, I’m often left wondering two things: Why am I immediately terrified when a Christian comes up to me and begins a conversation with, “Brother?” (or, actually, why…
Using the iPad in Ministry
Last week I got an iPad 2, which I really like. Now the question is, “What am I planning on doing with this?” Let me share some thoughts on how I’m planning to use the iPad in ministry First, the iPad is going to be my default note-taking device. I really dislike taking notes on…
The Congregation as *nix
Note: If you don’t know what *nix is, this post will utterly confuse you. Instead, let’s go get coffee and chat. Being part of a Christian congregation is frequently frustrating for me. This not because I don’t love the people, nor is it because I look at the congregations I’ve been part of and think,…
