One of the things I hoped for when I graduated from seminary in May was some more time. Time to rest. Time to read. Time to reconcile relationships. The intensity of completing a 90+ hour degree in three years made it impossible not to strain relationships, not only because I was changing professions and my …
I know we progressive Christians aren’t all about cleansing rituals, but the two waves of thunderstorms that rolled through Columbia yesterday made me wish for my days in Germany when you would be stuck in the rain without an umbrella waiting on the bus inevitably at the one bus stop that had a cracked roof …
As a teacher, I got used to carrying things in the back of my car pertaining to teaching: books, materials for science experiments, math manipulatives, etc. This wasn’t uncommon or strange, in fact after school you could often find a switch going on from one teacher’s car to another teacher’s as materials were shared back …
Yesterday, the world was quiet in our neck of the woods. Snow covered everything as we slept wondering what the next morning would hold. It was wonderful to take the pups out for our walk and to see that very few people were out and about. Almost every house had their cars parked in their …
Sometimes when I am reading, I am so confronted and astounded by the concept that I literally have to put the book down and walk away. That happened this morning with Bart Ehrman’s God’s Problem: But there came a time when in my life when I found that I simply could no longer thank God …
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on my second cup of coffee at 7:30 am. It’s been since my teaching days, but as my alarm went off this morning at 5:00, I was excited. I am encountering fewer and fewer people who can say that their jobs are truly worth waking up in …
The second chapter in Luke, which is often used as a lectionary passage during this Advent season tells the story of Nary being told by the angels that she was to give birth to the Son of God. After this happens and she has the child, Mary and Joseph are visited by shepherds. We don’t …
When you are starting something new (and boy have I this fall!), finding someone else out there in the world who is going through a little of what you are going through can make all the difference in the world. A ran across a new blog today written by Nish Weiseth. This is enough to …
When I meet new people, I find myself telling my life story…or rather a variation of my life story. Should I emphasis my years as a teacher? Should I explain how I ended up overseas? Should it be all about being in seminary this time? If I’m honest, my version of my life story depends …
As social media exploded with the news of the SCOTUS’ decision, I wondered how this decision would impact the national Cooperative Baptist Fellowship conference. Would the agenda change? Would speakers change their prepared manuscripts or would those conversations be saved for individual churches and small groups rather than addressed from the national voice of CBF. …
