I posted last Monday of my introduction to the world of high school track & field competition. Well, this past Saturday, Riley and teammates travelled to the Cary Academy near Raleigh for the state meet. Riley runs the opening leg of the 4 x 200 relay race — an event full of football players turned Read the full article…
It’s a bit of a risk doing a series on work when so many people are out of work. So we decided to tackle it head on. Because as many people as there are who “hate their boss,” these days there are even more who hate that guy or that girl who used to be Read the full article…
I spend a fair amount of time in pastoral counseling. Subjects range from addictions to marital strife to emotional turmoil. I believe being “available” for that type of ministry is exceedingly important. In some sessions, I feel more than capable to do what I’m doing. On other occasions, frankly, I feel over my head & Read the full article…
If you’ve looked at the “Books I Like” sidebar on this blog, you’ll notice that I’ve read Hannah’s Child, a memoir by Duke Divinity School’s Stanley Hauerwas. Hauerwas, a native Texan who taught at Notre Dame before landing at Duke, is the kind of theologian who defies the usual categories. He’s a bundle of paradoxes, Read the full article…
I have been spending some time in Ephesians recently. It’s actually the place in Scripture I go whenever I am feeling spiritually malnourished. Yet in all the times I’ve read that letter, I had never noticed 4:22 where Paul describes to the Ephesian Christians what kind of life they are lead as followers of Jesus: Read the full article…
