August 2010
13 posts
Taking Time, Giving Time
A member of one of my churches died last night. He was 80—not like that’s an excuse—and had been going downhill for the past couple of months. When I prayed, I didn’t just pray for healing or comfort but that he and his family would have time. Time to talk with each other, to say all their “I love you”s and “I’m proud of you”s, especially to...
Exhausted
I. Am. Exhausted. Today was awesome in that we had two great worship services and, at the later one, old friends stopped by to worship with us. I hadn’t seen Heather and Dave in a long time. They moved to NC a few years ago but we have kept in Facebook contact—weird how that’s the thing now. I get updates from her brother and one of my best friends, Scott. They have two kids....
OMG! It's Friday!
Oh my Gosh, it’s Friday! See what I did there? Anyway, I’ve got a ton of things to finish today so naturally I turned to my blog. Bible study, sermon, bulletins. Two of them need to be finished by tomorrow at noon. One, in about five hours. Still, no stress. I used to think that writing these things would be the most stressful part of my life as a pastor (I’m a pastor, btw) but...
“Never let religion get in the way of your relationship with Jesus.”
–
Me.
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
UMCOR →
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
“God takes responsibility for the consequences of our obedience.”
– C. Stanley
My first Tumblr post--aka How I killed time on my...
Travel gets in the blood. I never really understood that until I was infected. In the 60s my mom went on a European tour with my grandparents—benefit of being a doctor’s daughter—and was never the same. She saw about a dozen different cities and met countless people in the three weeks she was on the continent. She took an impossible number of pics too. She married my dad. Had me....
