This post reveals two things: 1) I am a perennial English major (dream job other than the dream job I have: wearing tweed jackets with elbow patches & teaching English lit somewhere; 2) I am technologically inept. The hardcover/paperback distinctions...
During yesterday's message, I read a quote from New York Times columnist David Brooks.That in itself is not that unusual, as from time to time I'll read an item about the subject at hand from any number of scholars, observers, pastors, and thinkers.This particular...
Shows that are better as re-runs than they ever were as first-runs:Gilligan's IslandLaw & OrderLeave It To BeaverLaw & Order Criminal IntentI Dream Of JeanieLaw & Order SVUThe MunstersLaw & Order LA Saved By The BellLaw & Order Crosby Still...
In her memoir Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake, Anna Quindlen offers these reflections on marriage, longevity, and parenting:If a marriage is to endure over time, it has to be because both people within it have tacitly acknowledged something that young lovers might...
For our final day in San Diego, I spent time at two tourist destinations.One of them was what everyone does while in the city: the San Diego Zoo. In a word: as good as advertised. (Actually, that's four words, but you get what I'm saying.)Whether it...
While Julie is out in the San Diego area at a conference for professionals in the medical field, I am tagging along, serving as a VP's husband.So while her conference was beginning on Sunday morning, I took the opportunity to go to the 8:45 worship service at North...
We've been saying throughout this series, "Jonah is not about a guy in a fish. It's about a man on the run." And so it is. But the part about the fish isn't so bad.To see what that's all about, check out Rudown.Sunday.8:30. 10. 11:30.
It is awfully easy in the pastorate to slip into the role of armchair psychologist.Which means this: when people make appointments to meet with me in my office to discuss a pressing life issue, I listen reflectively, probe background and even childhood issues, and try...
Heath Bradley, the Teaching Pastor at Pulaski Heights UMC in Little Rock, recently came up with what I believe is the best summary of the differences between theological conservatives and progressives. Ever. Here it is:Conservatives tend to be more...
I have to admit it: Don Henley is my favorite musical artist of them all.As much as I love U2, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, I love Don Henley even more. It doesn't make any sense -- I know he's not as influential or as...