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October 2007

October 30, 2007

Blogs That Should Have Been

This is how I write a blog entry: I go about my generally hectic life,...

October 12, 2007

Educational Opportunities Abound

As you read the following you will think I am pulling your leg. Not so. ...

September 2007

September 21, 2007

Slow Reference Guide

I'm sorry to report that it seems we're fresh out of the Quick Reference Guide...

September 18, 2007

Instrumental Interference

I don't want to complain . . . but I will anyway. I have had...

September 12, 2007

Church Mouse

Unfortunately, a murder took place in my office today. (No, not a church member, silly!)...

September 06, 2007

Laundry and the Type A Personality

Last night as I anxiously stood next to the washing machine peering dimly through the...

August 2007

August 13, 2007

Conspiracy . . . ?

I am not comparing myself to Jason Bourne or anything but I am beginning to...

August 08, 2007

Stranger Than Fiction

I had the passing thought once that maybe I should try my hand at writing...

July 2007

July 30, 2007

Pleasure-less: An Excerpt from Eat, Pray, Love

There is far too much in this book, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love, to mention...

July 22, 2007

Meet the Press. In Your Bathing Suit.

Okay.Here’s how it all went down.Some time ago, the executive director of a local group...

July 19, 2007

Thank God for VBS

It’s that time of year again . . . you know, Vacation Bible School!If you...

July 16, 2007

Shock With the Preacher

I’ve long since come to terms with the unarguable reality that my job often brings...

July 04, 2007

Democracy in the Dust: A Letter to George Bush

It's a little dangerous for the preacher to get political, I know. It's risky to...

June 2007

June 26, 2007

Dispatch From Under the Desk

My office has a back door. Whoever designed it that way, I want to publicly...

June 20, 2007

What Makes a Life

I got back into town very late last night (really, very early this morning) having...

June 01, 2007

Telling Stories

Stanley Hauerwas created a monster.I don't think he necessarily meant to, but I’m just saying...

May 2007

May 28, 2007

Reflections on Ministry

. . . from Elizabeth Strout’s sad and deeply true book Abide With Me. This...

May 23, 2007

Those Who Have Eyes To See . . .

The other day I was shaken into the reality of my own inability to see...

May 18, 2007

Surviving the Trenches

The folks over at the John Leland Center invited me to come speak to a...

May 15, 2007

Alarmed

There are days when I feel absolutely certain I have the weirdest job on the...

May 09, 2007

Teary

The last few weeks in worship we've been reading those beautiful passages from Revelation 7...

May 03, 2007

Thoughts on Forgiveness

Faith and ForgivenessA night of theater and discussionMust we forgive an unconscious evil deed? Does...

April 2007

April 27, 2007

Strong Winds Blow

I’ve been pondering how to write about this week I’ve had, which has perhaps been...

April 26, 2007

Calvary’s Amazing Staff

Please meet the tremendous people with whom I spend most of my professional life. I...

April 18, 2007

Asking Why

Just add this one to the topics I must have missed in seminary: “horrible human...

April 09, 2007

Quarterbacking the Big Game

The air was crisp, the sun was bright, the crowd was large and energetic. It...

March 2007

March 30, 2007

The Art of Pastoring: Revealed

Written 2/25/07In my free time, which I actually have a little bit of right now,...

February 2007

February 22, 2007

A Holy Pause

From ashes to “hosannas” we follow you.Walk with us through the desert, Lord, even as...

February 01, 2007

Still I Rise

I first became aware of the poem about 10 years ago. It was painted, lettered...

January 2007

January 15, 2007

Legacy

Ahhhhh, the challenges and joys of following a dearly beloved pastor . . . even...

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