One of the great benefits of being released to pastoral ministry is the freedom to take time in the day to getaway and hear from God. What’s sad is how relatively infrequently I take advantage of it. I carved a few hours out of my …
Read MoreMaybe I’m not such a bad parent…
Imagine getting a knock on the door at 1:30 in the morning. It’s a police officer standing there holding your four year old’s hand. “Uh, sir, ma’am…we just found your kid driving your car back home from the video store.” I’m not making this up…
Read MoreDual purpose blogging
For the next two weeks, I’ve been asked to write each weekday in Barclay Press’ “A Daily Journal.” I’ll post everything I write there on this blog…but, I won’t necessarily post everything here over there. So, in other words, THIS one is the cool, authorized, …
Read MoreGod can do what God wants!
Here’s a link to the message I’m giving today, from Acts 10: 9-23.
Read MoreWhat will it look like?
I continue to think about the future at Newberg Friends. Here’s what I wrote today in my annual self-evaluation for the elders: Several people are talking about a new/different type of service. There are many different visions for that which need refining and discerning, as …
Read MoreHow to get thinking out in words
I’ve realized, again, that I’m not a verbal processor. I don’t particularly find it helpful to talk through issues I’m wrestling with. I do better going away to my cave and trying to sort things out before I talk with people. I think most bloggers, …
Read MoreGod is EVERYWHERE!
Here’s a link to the message I’m giving today.
Read MoreI got nothing profound
Wish I did. Wish I could be profoundly moving, both for the sake of this blog and the sake of the message I have to finish for tomorrow. Ain’t happenin’. So, have some fun and go here. Talli and Hayley and I wasted a lot …
Read MoreCan we WHAT?
So, it’s last Saturday, and Elaine and Talli are out. I get a call. “Can we buy a puppy?” Now, I’ve been known to be impulsive before. I bought the stupid, useless piece of garbage that was SUPPOSED to be a handheld, rechargeable carpet cleaner …
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