I am pretty sure I had more fun preaching yesterday’s sermon than any I’ve ever preached before. I had a title I love — “A Dirty-Minded Church.” We sang some of my favorite songs, including “Not To Us” and “Jesus Paid It All.” I got to follow an announcement from our Board Chair regarding a Read the full article…

  It’s an understatement to say I’m looking forward to what will happen Sunday. We’ve got: One of my favorite sermon titles ever, “A Dirty-Minded Church.”  And it has nothing to do with what you think it has to do with. My friend Chris Macedo leading us in song after a couple of Sundays away. Read the full article…

Earlier this week I learned some thing from my friend Todd McMichen who works with our friends at Auxano. Todd pointed out the similarities — and differences — between bumper cars . . . . . . and roller coasters. (By the way, that is the new Fury 325 at Carowinds.) But both bumper cars and Read the full article…

Every United Methodist pastor and teacher should read page 140 of Thomas Oden’s A Change Of Heart.  I’m not much for “oughts” and “need to” . . . but I really, truly believe all of us in Wesley’s tribe ought to read this page of this memoir. Here are some of Oden’s gems as he Read the full article…

At one point during the Memorial Day weekend, Julie asked me, “is there any place you’ve never been that you’d like to see?” And, of course, that question — asked on Memorial Day — got me thinking about those national landmarks that for a variety of factors I have never seen in person.  Some are Read the full article…