Jan 8, 2013 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture
Christmas has been great. Laurinda and I enjoyed all the facets of the holiday with one exception. We didn’t find any mistletoe. Granted, we don’t exactly need it. But it’s traditional to “kiss under the mistletoe.” It’s also...
Dec 17, 2012 | Leading the Church, Methodism
I just left a Finance Committee Meeting for Grace UMC, the church I’m presently serving. And I just witnessed a very admirable act. “Heroic” is a little too strong a word, but not by too much. Let me offer some background. Grace has had some...
Dec 15, 2012 | Leading the Church, Pop Culture
A couple of days ago, I was at the church when one of our volunteers came by. She was there to pick up a load of toys for the Angel Tree charity we’re supporting this year. With her were six teen-agers, all boys, who were ready to help. As we carried bags out to...
Nov 26, 2012 | General, Pop Culture
I love photography. I follow several photography blogs in addition to the lengthy list of folks who are “also thinking about church.” So you can imagine that I sometimes run the two topics together. On a recent blog at Strobist, I watched a video about a...
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