After surviving 14 hours of travel and catching up on some much needed sleep it was time to experience the sights and sounds of North Africa. What better way to do this than to go to the medina, the shopping district, where vendors haggle, harangue, and hoax customers and tourists in loud, open-air fashion? As … Continue reading
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Oversized and Overseas
Whew! I made it to Africa! Traveling overseas has long been on my bucket list of adventures, and now I can cross that off and move on to more important things on the list (like deep-sea fishing). Over the next few days I will try to keep an account of each day of my journey. … Continue reading
Ministry Confessions
As a minister I often adjure my congregation to be open and honest with each other, even in areas they struggle. After all, how can we help one another if we don’t know what battles we are fighting. I realize that some ‘openness’ needs to be confined to a small group or even to a … Continue reading
The Busy Life
We are a society who suffers from ADD. We often have so many things going on at once, we have trouble focusing on any one task at a time. For instance, in my little world I have all of the following going on right now: Planning a trip to Africa in less than a month. … Continue reading
Having an Ephesus Moment
I like to be right. There, I admitted it. I think most of us think it sounds arrogant or somehow ‘unchristian’ to say such a thing but the fact is, most of us like being right. We like knowing the facts are on our side. We like knowing that what we believe is true. In … Continue reading
Noise! Noise! Noise!
Is it me, or has the world really been cranking up the volume lately? You can’t turn on the radio or television without hearing about massacres in Syria, tensions in Iran, protests in Afghanistan, rising gas prices in the U.S. (and everywhere else!) and over it all is the fact that this is a presidential … Continue reading
Why Baptism?
Before you roll your eyes and say, “Oh great! Another Christian Church guy getting on his soapbox about baptism!” let me just point out that this is the first article on this blog that deals exclusively with this topic. Also, in my defense, it does us all some good to review the basic doctrines of … Continue reading
The Mythical ‘MyJesus’
Perhaps you have heard of him. He tends to pop-up in uncomfortable conversations about religion. He is often used as a trump card to get out of any form of personal responsibility or culpability. Who is he? The ‘MyJesus.’ Never heard of him? Let me give you a few one liners that he is often … Continue reading
Why I Serve A Traditional Church
The question stared up at me from the computer screen, the blinking cursor was begging for a response. It was not the first time I had been asked the question, nor was it the last, but for some reason, this time I carefully pondered my response. I had been ‘chatting’ with a friend from Bible … Continue reading
Gravity Checks
I am 6’7″. It’s no secret that I am tall (in fact it’s rather obvious), and the reactions I get when I first meet people range from ‘You’re a big one aint’cha?’ to the ever popular, ‘How’s the weather up there?’ At least once a month I am approached by an elderly person in a … Continue reading
The Pondering Preacher 