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OK, never mind, “fired up for VBS” doesn’t exactly describe where I was at this morning. I had no clue what I was doing in the opening and closing worship sequences, and now I’m pooped. I plan to pretty much only do VBS this week, and be home in the afternoons. This afternoon, I plan [...]
Yes, I am back from the youth group trip, alive, and after two long nights of sleep (12 and 10 hours, thank you, Erik!), I’m fired up for VBS (in 1 hour). It was a good trip. So, here’s some of the stuff that went well: Awesome kids, awesome leaders, number one reason it was [...]
I was warned in seminary not to take advantage of ministerial privilege’s granted by the community. I think, what was meant by this, was the way, a generation or two ago, many merchants would offer pastors discounts or so. In many communities, this made sense. I know that my grandpa, as a pastor in a [...]
Thursday and Friday (the days of our local farmers markets) we’ll be in the city, but on Tuesday, I was driving back from a meeting at the PresbyHQ two counties west of here. I stopped at two farm stands and scored: strawberries asparagus green onions lettuce radishes (mealy and bit past season) Much more reasonable [...]
During farmer’s market season (when the schedule allows, I have to say, since the summer youth ministry thing and vacation time will make this a little tricky), we’re going to try to cook one local meal a week. At the same time that we’re attempting this, I am trying to lose the final 8 pounds [...]
If you go to church and your pastor wears clothes (and I DO hope both of those things are true), or, even if are only an occasional resident of the pews, this is for you. A friend of mine, after another conversation about what ministers should and should not wear, put together a little, short [...]
I try not to be too blatantly political here. But I can’t be too quiet about it today. I cried a little last night during a certain speech from St. Paul, for a few very important reasons: Maybe, just maybe, this is a sign that some of the racial hurts in our history are healing. [...]
Just a note to any homeless folks in my area who might be contemplating something similar to this story: My closets are woefully unorganized, unusually shaped, and dark in the back, but I imagine this could work in your favor if you wanted to move in. Because I would never notice you were in there. [...]
I think we are very close to finding a new apartment. Two options. Which is better? Option 1: Bigger, by a bit sq footage, a little more storage in the apartment, but some strange storage (like cabinets in a wetbar area that is literally steps from the kitchen…), floorplan is very open, odd ameneties like [...]
A few things nagging at the back of my mind. It looks like we will be moving into a different apartment in a few months. Maybe weeks. (No worries, church folk. We’re staying in the area!) I am excited about the place. It’s nice. And I am resigning myself to apartment living. OK. more than [...]