Writings and Sermons
First, a couple of disclaimers. (1) I’ve been trying to write various posts on aspects of these topics for a couple of weeks now and have nothing coherent–yet. (2) I love Twitter. (3) I get tired of defending the ability to have a conversation on Twitter. So when I realized that I had a conversation […]
Read MoreI tell people that my life is a juggling act where the goal is not to drop the same ball every week. If you’ve ever seen me (attempt to) juggle, you’d have an appreciation for just how appropriate this image is. Time management is challenging. For all of us. A Google search for “time management” […]
Read MoreAnother round has broken out in the gender and Church debates. Also known as the “should I be allowed to do my job” debates. For the record, I don’t anticipate an end to this debate, or even an uneasy truce within my lifetime. The fact that women are allowed to preach, teach, and celebrate the […]
Read MoreWhen I moved into my office—my only one amid the Churches I was called to, I did it with verve. I was the first new priest in 20 years, and possibly the first to use this space in longer than that, based on the dust. Boxes of books were piled into the Honda sedan I […]
Read MoreI love preaching. (I was shy enough growing up to still wonder at this delight in speaking in front of people.) I’ve even gotten enough compliments beyond “Nice sermon” to think that I’m at least not horrible at it. I am not naive enough, however, to think that every sermon is my best. It would […]
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Theologybird Writes 