Hey Small Churches!
It's officially August, and I'm going to take the month off of church blogging to focus on some other endeavors. For the last post...
Reserving the Right to Refuse Service
Shortly after the news broke that a restaurant owner had refused Sarah Huckabee Sanders service, politely asking her to leave because of...
Pride
Yesterday Lauren stumbled across one of those "Why LGBTQ+ persons might not be attending your 'welcoming' church" articles on Facebook. ...
The Flood You Didn't Hear About
By Monday morning friends from across the country were checking in with me on Facebook. "We saw the news about Ellicott City - that's...
Our Kids Deserve Better
When I was a little kid walking the streets of Philadelphia with my parents, I remember keeping my eyes down on the sidewalk. I'd...
The Annoying Power of Prayer
It was one of those rare Saturday mornings when Lauren managed to persuade me that breakfast out might be more fun than quiet introvert...
Fear Factor
Reflecting on Luke 24:36-48 When I was in high school, I went to Tae Kwon Do classes twice a week. I wasn't much of an athlete in the...
April 4th
As I bounced from meeting to meeting this morning I listened to discussion about the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
An Open Letter of Pastoral Concern to Conservative Evangelical Christians
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Just last week I had the privilege of sitting down to dinner with one of your daughters - and her...
Snow-Day Sabbath
As I sit in my kitchen on the second day of spring, snow is falling with all of the force of a torrential rainstorm. Four inches of...
