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Ash Wednesday - my experience as a disillusioned evangelical

is Easter season (exclamation points already, as indeed it is the season) is the first time that I have given any thought to the idea or tradition of lent. I must preface this by saying that as a traditional conservative…
Bullied no more

The other day I was sitting in bus class listening to yellow bus fanatic Pat, with the phony Nu Yoak axcent, tawking about the importance of bully prevention. It is such an important thing, he was saying, and we need t…
A hard day's work

Adblock After spending a week of up and down, in and out, all turned around, frustrated and relieved, I conclude with a feeling of utmost fulfilliment. I have had a wonderful day of hard, intense work and to use the t…
Too Busy...? Don't even say it...

May I never forget what I am about to write. Busyness is always an excuse. It is a cop-out on having priorities out of wack and especially a cop-out on relationships when used against a friend. Busyness is entirely a d…
What am I offering the world?

Just got back from the Twin Cities Emergent Church Cohort. Good group of guys and really good discussions around preaching and the relevancy of content, delivery, and intent. I have to chuckle as so often my conversation…
Not too many words

Truthfully, I haven't had many words lately. I had soooo much time last week that by the end of it all, I was really getting tired of thinking, processing, feeling, and pretty much everything in general. Lots of snowball…
Upheld

"Better is a little that the righteous person has, than the abundance of many wicked. "For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous." Psalm 37:17 Lord, all I want is to be ri…
Moving on, a way of life

My life is moving on. Because of college and seminary, I have been here in Minnesota for seven years, the longest I have ever lived anywhere. And yet, there was moving on from college, moving on from seminary, switching …
Things to fill my time... is it really time to write?

I met with John, my director, today, and I was talking about the insane amount of free time that I have and how I can fill that somehow. He suggested that maybe I take up writing. I love communicating in so many differe…
And they all say, "It's okay."

I'm hearing it!! Seeing it all around. "It's okay." A wink, a smile, a shrug, even a whisper. People affirm. And then as I sit in the silence, I hear the chatter of the house finches, the squawking of the woodpeckers…