As seems to have become my habit lately, I've been off the blogwagon for longer than I intended. The inspiration to write has been sidetracked by a number of distractions, other priorities, and frequently just plain laziness. Most often, though, it has been a season for me where my writing needed to take a backseat … Continue reading Can you be part of THE church if you’re not part of A church?
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Looking back through the mirror…
Last weekend I attended my 30-year high school reunion. Reunions of any kind...classes, families, organizational, etc....have always been sort of strange to me. You gather with a bunch of people with whom you have some connection but rarely see, catch up on what everyone's been doing since the last time you all got together, and … Continue reading Looking back through the mirror…
A Letter to Mom
As a United Methodist lay speaker, I occasionally get the opporunity to preach to actual churches full of people rather than just the online community that I connect with on Facebook, Twitter and here on Faithrants.com. This morning I was in my home church, First United Methodist of Williamstown, to give a Mother's Day message. … Continue reading A Letter to Mom
Justice is served?
"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!" Was the last thing he said Before the bullet pierced his head. This morning America woke to the news that Public Enemy #1, Osama bin Laden, is dead. The man behind the most brutal terrorist attack on Americans in our nation's history was removed from this life at the hands … Continue reading Justice is served?
Where good ideas go to die
"Daddy, what happens to good ideas when they die? Do they go to heaven?" "No, honey. They go to church." We've all got them...really good ideas that never become good actions. I'm not talking about those ideas that are really just notions, the thoughts that are always buzzing around in our brains that never really … Continue reading Where good ideas go to die
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