February 11, 2013
When I look around most mainline churches, I find everyone looks pretty much the same. Most people come from similar economic and cultural backgrounds and have many of the same peers. It reminds of Clone Wars from the Star Wars … Continue reading →
January 28, 2013
Recently I was at a meeting where my District Superintendent was speaking. He told all present that over the next few months he would be asking the ministers in our district about their devotional lives. Honestly, I was pleased with … Continue reading →
January 23, 2013
After a recent conversation with my mentor, Leonard Sweet, I began to meditate on the idea of pears in a bottle. Many of you may have seen these videos or photos around the internet but, in case you haven’t, here … Continue reading →
January 4, 2013
To be honest, this post isn’t really 40 days of Twitter. However, it is the top tweets I’ve retweeted over the last 40 days. I thought it would be interesting, while battling this horrible sinus and ear infection, to do … Continue reading →
December 31, 2012
An excerpt from one of my favorite books. “While some people idealize the ancient past, others authenticate their present beliefs by vilifying their immediate predecessors. This occurs, I think, because many people need to define themselves in contradistinction to the … Continue reading →
December 28, 2012
I wanted to share with you a communion invitation from our Christmas Eve service. It’s modified from the Wisdom of Solomon and was very meaningful to me. Receive the food of angels, which comes to you without toil, this is … Continue reading →
December 26, 2012
Happy New Year! This may seem a little presumptuous of me but let’s just say I’m being optimistic. It seems we have made it through another Christmas Day as well as another apocalyptic prediction that the world was going to … Continue reading →
December 3, 2012
I thought I’d post my thoughts from our recent church newsletter for those of you who might not receive it in the mail. This time of the year gets so busy! Thanksgiving services, Christmas Cantata’s, Christmas Eve communion, Christmas parties, … Continue reading →
November 29, 2012
I’ve wanted to post a book review for some time now but I just couldn’t bring myself to do so because I’ve felt a bit overwhelmed. However, I decided to do a partial review of Jesus: A Theography because it … Continue reading →
October 29, 2012
Let’s start off by defining Expectancy Bias: “Once we spot what we think is a trend…we involuntarily expect that trend to continue, an expectation aided and abeted by agent metaphors.” (James Geary, I Is An Other: The Secret Life of … Continue reading →