There is a real tendency for many of us to get caught up in planning, visioning, thinking toward the future. I know that I get caught up in this mind set quite often. I start leaning toward the future, anticipating what's to come, worrying about the "what if." This isn't a bad thing necessarily. In … Continue reading This Week’s News Letter Article →

There is a real tendency for many of us to get caught up in planning, visioning, thinking toward the future. I know that I get caught up in this mind set quite often. I start leaning toward the future, anticipating what's to come, worrying about the "what if." This isn't a bad thing necessarily. In … Continue reading This Week’s News Letter Article →

Some day I'm going to have to head out to California to have lunch with Hugo. He keeps raising important issues that I agree with. His latest post on the Janet Jackson issue is especially significant: Hey, MTV: Simulated sexual assault is not funny. It isn't sexy. And when a white man does it to … Continue reading I’m Liking Hugo More and More →

Some day I'm going to have to head out to California to have lunch with Hugo. He keeps raising important issues that I agree with. His latest post on the Janet Jackson issue is especially significant: Hey, MTV: Simulated sexual assault is not funny. It isn't sexy. And when a white man does it to … Continue reading I’m Liking Hugo More and More →

Hugo's question continues to nag me, so as a way of avoiding my sermon, I'm going to write here instead. One of the reason's I responded as I did to the lottery question in my earlier post relates to a strategic decision that the leaders of the anti-lottery campaign made in organizing our work. This … Continue reading More Thoughts on Lottery and Morality →

Hugo makes a good point in a comment on my last post. He writes: One teensy quibble. You wrote: "I was against the lottery in Tennessee for issues of social justice, not reasons of morality." I think that even making such a distinction is a bit of a false choice. The fact that it is … Continue reading A Word from Doctor Hugo →

The other day, one of my church members came to me and let me know that she had been reading this blog. That has happened a lot in the past week -- something that was a bit of a surprise to me since no one ever gives me feedback on my thoughts (there is a … Continue reading Help my unbelief →

Tomorrow, I will lead another funeral service, the first one for 2004, and the fourth since my appointment at Antioch UMC four months ago. This saint is Bernice Eaves, a person who was homebound when I was appointed and who I only met in person twice. And yet, she is one of my flock, one … Continue reading Life and Death →

I ran into some problems with the Macromedia Central reader not updating, but those seem to have worked themselves out. In the mean time, I checked out Bottom Feeder, which was listed on the Atom site as compatible. It's not -- it reads "normal" xml fine, but has problems with Atom formatted xml. For those … Continue reading Aggregator Woes →

I'm finished with the sermon . . . whew! Now, it's 12:30 a.m. I'm watching a press conference via the web on NASA TV about the succesful landing of the Opportunity Rover on Mars. I browsing the news from Yahoo and checking for updates on the blogs I follow. Remember my first subscription to Compuserve … Continue reading Isn’t This Amazing… →

I'm finished with the sermon . . . whew! Now, it's 12:30 a.m. I'm watching a press conference via the web on NASA TV about the succesful landing of the Opportunity Rover on Mars. I browsing the news from Yahoo and checking for updates on the blogs I follow. Remember my first subscription to Compuserve … Continue reading Isn’t This Amazing… →

Yes, I need to be finishing the sermon but after reading Jordan's and other's ravings on using RSS, I went and downloaded Macromedia's new aggregator. It looks pretty cool, and is ATOM compatible (which is the new blogger format). I'll let you know what I think.

Yes, I need to be finishing the sermon but after reading Jordan's and other's ravings on using RSS, I went and downloaded Macromedia's new aggregator. It looks pretty cool, and is ATOM compatible (which is the new blogger format). I'll let you know what I think.

As some of you know, I was given the task of coordinating United Methodist work against the establishment of a lottery in Tennessee. For two years, I worked with a variety of folks (conservative and liberal) to try and convince voters that the lottery wouldn't be our savior, that there were many justices issues involved, … Continue reading Losing →

As I was reading a bit on Hugo's site about his rekindled interest in John Edwards for president, I stumbled upon this comment by Dwight: But while I am looking at Edwards more these days, I think the geography deal is oversold. It didn't help Gephardt in Iowa being from a neighboring state. I wonder … Continue reading Thinking Politically →

Finding Faith: Just Who Is God anyway, and why should we believe in Him . . . uh . . . Her . . .Whatever?

Well, I worked out today and didn't injure myself. Surprisingly, I feel great (hey, these endorphin things are pretty cool). It was a good start. Now y'all just have to hold me accountable.

(AP) NASA's Spirit rover stopped transmitting data from Mars for more than 24 hours, mission managers said Thursday, calling it an "extremely serious anomaly." Yeah, the Rover heard about Bush's plans for NASA, developed an inferiority complex, and went on strike!

(AP) NASA's Spirit rover stopped transmitting data from Mars for more than 24 hours, mission managers said Thursday, calling it an "extremely serious anomaly." Yeah, the Rover heard about Bush's plans for NASA, developed an inferiority complex, and went on strike!

I had a great day today. One of my church members came by the office to share how God was working in his life. He shared deeply and it was clear that God is taking him to a new place. After he finished sharing and telling about what God is doing for him, he said … Continue reading Pray for Me… →