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A sabbatical About a year ago, I was beginning my first sabbatical. You can read about my tear-filled drive away from church in my Overwhelmed entry here. As I sit on our back patio on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in…
In a world where everyone is looking through windows and seeing only doom and gloom, we need to paint a better, more beautiful picture. There's life, hope and help through Jesus! Tell His story and how it has impacted your story.
In this "Nuff Said" series entry, you'll be treated to everything from pandemic paradoxes to doorbell pranks to praiseworthy practices with millennial in the church. There's a few extras thrown in-between!
What do you do when someone you really enjoyed following on Twitter has disappeared? And how good of a follower are you when you realize that his disappearance was due to a Twitter feud? Here's a rabbit trail for you about Sammy Rhodes, AKA @prodigalsam.
Ramrodding legislation of massive proportions along party lines isn't good for the nation's health. You wouldn't proceed like that in a marriage or in a church. We need our political leaders to work together.
Folks, it's been a year. No matter what we've done, the virus has claimed lives. Masks or no masks. Lockdowns or none. It's been humbling and depressing. Many want to blame authorities and see a conspiracy theory or broader narrative behind every motive and EO. It's tempting because they try to weave disparate realities into a metanarrative. But can we just.. not right now? Let's look forward to the coming dance.
Enough was enough. I'd been debating for a looonnggg time. But this past week helped me push the button. I'm leaving #OSM (Old Social Media).
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 was an unhappy day for America. Not only were Constitutional processes interrupted and perhaps subverted by fear and unrest, but it was depressing. It seemed that 2021 was simply 2020 on steroids, an infinite Groundhog Day-ish loop of a repetitive cycle of mean-spirited vengeance.
Truth, thinking and three commitments will help us encourage rather than vilify during these continuing hard days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's past time to allow ourselves to ask our leaders significant questions, but we must do so with respect and a desire to genuinely provide solutions.