For the next couple of days I am at Lake Junaluska, NC attending the 2009 meeting of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference for the United Methodist Church. That’s a mouthful. It’s the yearly gathering of every United Methodist pastor and one lay member per pastor in the western half of our state (Greensboro to Read the full article…
You’ll need your bible for this one. To find out how to pull off a church barbecue, check here: Acts 29:13.To read about the successful bake sale they had in Corinth, look here: II Corinthians 8:28-29.To get biblical instructions for a profitable yard sale, study Colossians 5:1-7 in depth. And the guidebook for the first-ever Read the full article…
The picture on the right comes from June 9, 1984. So today marks the 25th wedding anniversary for me and for Julie. Some reflections from that day 25 years ago: 1. It was hot. 100 degrees hot. In Princeton, New Jersey. And the Princeton University Chapel, where we had the service, did not and does Read the full article…
Ministry requires flexibility. Yesterday, something was slightly off in the flow of our service at 8:30. We were trying to teach the church a great new song, celebrate communion, and still leave enough time for a serious teaching on Homosexuality: The Elephant In The Room. We muddled through and I had plenty of time for Read the full article…
It’s there, but no one acknowledges it. It’s there, everyone knows it’s there, but no one talks about it. It’s there, and some people believe if they ignore it long enough, it will simply go away. It’s the elephant in the room. It’s the subject of homosexuality and the reality of gay and lesbian people Read the full article…
