I admit that early on Tom Petty took some getting used to. First, there’s the voice. Unique. Sometimes he makes Bob Dylan sound downright melodic. Then, the hair. How’s it still there? And finally, the genre. Is he new wave? Pseudo punk? Classic rock? Alternative? All of the above? Yet through it all, I’ve come Read the full article…
I have a confession. Not that kind, silly. No, my confession is that I had very low expectations for Boundaries With Kids. In fact, I didn’t even want to do it at this time. My original “series schedule” had us doing something else during August followed by a parenting emphasis in September and October. Yet Read the full article…
If you’re like me, you see a news brief like this one . . . Toddler drowns in SW Charlotte pool A 3-year-old boy drowned Thursday morning after he fell into a backyard swimming pool in southwest Charlotte. The boy was being watched by his grandmother at a home on Wildwood Muse Court in a Read the full article…
So what’s the more profound role for a person in my role: pastor or agitator? If you say pastor, then you’ll believe that the most effective leader of a local church will care for souls, pursue healing, and excel in the ministry of presence. If you say agitator, then you’ll believe that the most effective Read the full article…
I admit that I have an uneasy relationship with the uniquely Southern, Protestant tradition of the “altar call”: the invitation for people to come forward at the end of the service to surrender their lives to Christ. The source of my ambivalence? Well, on the one hand, I recall a conversation I had with a Read the full article…
