For Palm Sunday the congregation at the tiny church I work at will be singing “Hosanna, Heysanna” from Jesus Christ Superstar as our opening hymn. The choir was practicing the song last Sunday, and the question was brought up whether the individual voices in the songs would be sung by soloists or groups or everybody. [...]
My friend Rev. Patrick Heery wrote an article on The Faithful Budget Campaign in Unbound. From the PC (USA) Office of Public Witness you can read this article by Leslie G. Woods. The Faithful Budget Campaign is an interfaith campaign advocating for certain priorities as the US Congress forms its budget including: -Restoring Economic Opportunity -Ensuring Adequate [...]
A Prayer for Flavor Spicy God, In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus proclaimed we are the Salt for the earth, but sometimes it feels like those who follow Jesus have lost their saltiness. Sometimes it feels like we’ve lost any flavor. Blandness. Boring. Passionless. Start shaking us up, God. Help us recapture the flavor [...]
It has become painfully obvious to me the past few weeks at seminary that many Christians do not understand geeks or geek culture. For some reason it seems acceptable to make fun of geeks, but I’m here to tell you that things the church desperately needs to learn how to do geek communities are already [...]
I have put up the audio of my sermon from last week ”Well, Well, Well” based on John 4:1-44. Please click on the link and enjoy. Note: At the end when you hear water it’s me pouring a cup of water out of the baptismal font pitcher and taking a drink.
Recently I have been named as one of the first local organizers for Unbound: an Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice. I believe strongly in Unbound’s mission that “examines, expresses, and provokes social justice as inspired by the prophetic gospel of Jesus Christ,” and I have been honored to be published in the journal. Unbound [...]
A Gray Day Prayer God, it’s a gray day. I’ve felt a little sleepy all day. But there’s still a lot to do. Help keep me focused and know my own limits. Amen.
@PresbyTwit asked today: “Do you get emotionally worn down at this point in Lent?” I was going to give them a very in-depth answer on Twitter, but I was too tired to explain in the few characters Twitter allows. The avid readers of my blog (mostly my mom) will have noticed I have not posted [...]
Today I received an e-mail telling me I have passed all four of the Senior Ordination Exams. While I have not gotten the paperwork back, knowing my grades releases a lot of anxiety for me. Thank you to everyone who helped me through the Ords. I could not have passed without the help the Cloud [...]
Prayer for a Monday Evening God, It feels like every time I turn around it’s Monday evening again, and everything I put off during the weekend seems to move to threat level critical. So for myself and for my stressed out colleagues tonight I pray. Plus it’s Lent. It’s not fair to have all these [...]