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June 2009

June 07, 2009

A Pastoral Letter

Sabbatical begins tomorrow, when the look of this blog will change and I will be...

June 02, 2009

Fly!

Who among us could ever have sat through a youth rally featuring Tony Campolo and...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

The Not Yet Holy

Just a few nights ago I was sitting in a meeting of Calvary's congregational leadership...

May 20, 2009

Chosen

I confess I groaned inwardly and probably outwardly too when I saw that my text...

May 15, 2009

Doctored

Monday I graduated.  It was the end of a very long road.  My parents and...

May 10, 2009

A Prayer for This Day

Oh Gracious and Loving God, you who have loved us with the all-encompassing love of...

May 05, 2009

Correction: God is Welcome Here

Rev. Larry WeaverMount Zion Baptist Church5178 Nottely Dam RoadBlairsville, GA. 30512Dear Rev. Weaver, Recently the...

May 01, 2009

Holy Conversations: That’s About All

I recently wrote about the holy conversations that take place in my van.  They used...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Less Than $125 An Hour

Why do people come to church? Regular readers of this blog will know that I...

April 22, 2009

The Call

It happened as most of these conversations happen. I was sitting in the front hall...

April 18, 2009

You Are My Hiding Place

I was berated by passengers in my van twice the other day. These two individuals...

April 14, 2009

Easter Baptisms at Calvary

April 11, 2009

Jesus, Remember Me

I made a new friend the other day. It happened at the Department of Motor...

April 10, 2009

Pretty Good Friday, Again

This post was written in 2007 and reposted on the blog today.  Blessed Good Friday,...

April 03, 2009

What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You

Okay, in general I completely disagree with that statement. But I got a chance to...

March 2009

March 27, 2009

Upside Down

I go to yoga because it is a place where I can be anonymous ....

March 21, 2009

Adventures in Self Denial

It was just the other day when I began to suspect that things had gotten...

March 09, 2009

I’ve Given Up on the Church, Part 4

From time to time I've been musing here about the phenomenon that seems to be...

March 05, 2009

Faith of Our Mothers

I really . . . honestly . . . did not give much thought to...

March 04, 2009

Forever Family

We've been waiting for the day when our niece and nephew (and cousins!) Jeremy and...

February 2009

February 27, 2009

Bee Keeping

"I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me...

February 25, 2009

Remember That You Are Dust

"Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in...

February 24, 2009

Faithflation

I swear someday soon I will learn to imbed a video.  Stephen Colbert continues...

February 20, 2009

Gift

Picture me rushing to the mail box September 1 right before final pick-up. (This crazy,...

February 14, 2009

Love is . . .

. . . making chocolate cupcakes with Hannah!  Happy Valentine's Day.

February 12, 2009

Some Thoughts on Following

I used to think that pastors sat around thinking about following Jesus all the time....

February 06, 2009

PTSDmin

Many kind people have asked me this week if I feel relieved. You see, it...

January 2009

January 29, 2009

It Could Have Been Us . . .

The Daily Show has run a story on the Obamas' church decision: Obama's New Church...

January 28, 2009

Interrupted Service

Last week as we were lined up at the door to The National Cathedral the...

January 21, 2009

Golden Ticket

Thanks to my kind friend Terry Lynch at the Downtown Cluster of Congregations, I had...

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