Dec 6, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture
Yesterday marked the passing of one of my heroes. Dave Brubeck was just shy of his 92nd birthday, and a phenomenal influence on musicians of every caliber and genre. He was an arranger par excellance and did almost perfectly what I talked about in a recent blog piece...
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...
Jul 27, 2012 | General, Methodism, Pop Culture
I remember when I was just a boy hearing people telling me to keep the match out of the tank, the spark away from the gas main, and my lighter away from the big brown bag of fireworks. “You’ll blow us all to Kingdom Come.” I finally figured out what...
Jul 26, 2012 | General, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
The Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church has passed legislation actively encouraging the infraction of our polity and covenant as United Methodists, particularly as United Methodist Clergy. From the document (linked above), which passed overwhelmingly...
Jul 23, 2012 | Pop Culture
I’m not the greatest sports buff in the world. I know a few facts and trivial statistics, and I can tell you some stories about some great games I once saw. But I’m not really the best commentator on the technicalities of the game. What I do know centers,...
Jun 29, 2012 | General, Leading the Church, Pop Culture
West Tennessee and Western Kentucky are suffering from one of the worst droughts in recent memory. Crops are dying. That means farmers are watching a year’s salary literally burn up. People are falling victim to heat stroke. Yards are going from green to brown...
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