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Four Clergywomen Walk Into a Chain Restaurant... 29 Mar 2013 | 12:29 am
Actually, we do that every week. Wednesday mornings, 8 AM, most often an establishment that is locally owned, but every once in a while, a big chain place with a gift shop and really, really good bisc...
Dinner with the Girls 25 Mar 2013 | 09:09 am
One down... Four to go. I don't mean to be flippant. Truth be told, I savored this morning's service. Our attendance is up-- 20% over the past year and a half. I don't know why. The energy is good. I...
Palm Sunday Eve... 23 Mar 2013 | 07:10 pm
He Qi "Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem" He Qi Gallery ... and, like many pastors, I am writing a sermon. Well, really a sermonette. A meditation. It is the custom of my congregation to have a cantat...
I Just Can't Quit You 20 Apr 2012 | 01:46 pm
So. I am, once again, in that coffee shop in my daughter's college town. I am here to see her in a musical that is probably one of my very favorites, an amazing combination of 19th century German and...
Where You Do Not Wish to Go 14 Nov 2011 | 05:32 am
It occurred to me that I threw out this statement at the beginning of my last post, and never truly unpacked it. "I don't know that I'm the same person who wrote in June." Well, I'm still a 50 year ...
What's Been Up 13 Nov 2011 | 06:22 am
I don't know that I'm the same person who wrote in June. But that is probably a good thing. In the middle of July my dad had "the fall." The one I had been hoping we could avoid, if only... Well, as...
So Many New Days 27 Jun 2011 | 12:19 am
As I write this the ink is just about dry on Governor Andrew Cuomo's signature on the bill legalizing marriage between persons of the same sex. And in just fifteen days, the Presbyterian Church (USA)'...
Where Do I Begin... 9 Jun 2011 | 06:24 am
"...to tell the story of how great a love can beeeeee...." Oops. I thought it was 1970 and I was in a movie theater in Fort Lauderdale seeing "Love Story." Well, since we talked last, much has happe...
I'm back! 7 Jun 2011 | 04:21 am
I've started at the private place. But I'll be cooking up a post for here soon, too. I've missed you!
Evaluating Church 23 Apr 2011 | 03:32 pm
How do we "evaluate" how well (or not) church is "working"? I realize this is a loaded question for about a trillion reasons. Or, at least three. 1. What business do I have "evaluating" what I belie...
