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Y’all have to take a look at this flash video from Sojourners: Link

This has been the week for odd dreams. I won’t go into the two this week that featured George W. Bush (is this a new Republican tactic?) who seemed like a nice guy, but who I still probably won’t support in November. This mornings was a doozy though. It began with stress — trying to […]

Well, my task to the day is to find a supplier for round banquet tables and folding chairs at a reasonable rate. This is most certainly the glamorous life of ministry, huh? Any suggestions are welcome.

I overslept this morning, which meant that Grace was late in gettng up. We normally have to leave for school by 7:30 to get her some transition time at school. But I didn’t even wake her up until 7 and it usually takes her an hour to get breakfast, get dressed, brush her hair and […]

Of course, if I were a more thoughtful and much younger emerging pastoral type, I would have looked up an appropriate quote in Volf’s “Exclusion and Embrace.”

Of course, if I were a more thoughtful and much younger emerging pastoral type, I would have looked up an appropriate quote in Volf’s “Exclusion and Embrace.”

A day or so ago, I received and e-mail from Wes Roberts. He had read some comments that I had made to Maggie, and wondered if this thing we have been calling the “emerging church” couldn’t actually be called “the embracing church.” It’s an interesting question. There is certainly a sense that much of the […]

Recently, I posted some thoughts on the relationship between the nostalgic trends in baseball stadium construction and the ancient-future trend in some church circles. Yesterday, I was in a conversation with someone who had read that post and who wondered if (even though I obviously know nothing about architecture) there had been any conversation in […]

Laughter is a protest scream against death… –Mel Brooks Posted by Hello

I’ve mentioned in a past post that I have been hanging out on-line at the Church of Fools, serving as a honorary reverend for this “virtual church.” However, I realized in a conversation today that I really haven’t shared much on that part of my life, a new chapter which has probably slowed down my […]

This will probably get me in trouble, but I couldn’t resist…. Posted by Hello

This will probably get me in trouble, but I couldn’t resist…. Posted by Hello

I’ve crossed paths with Renee Altson (sometimes known as Iphy) on the net several times in the past years. Renee has just published a book (through Emergent YS) which chronicles her story of faith. I haven’t read the entire book, but the sample chapter blew me away and I am looking forward to getting the […]

You can tell that you have been slacking off in your blogging when Doug Pagitt has blogged more than you. Okay, I’m back from Disney, so hopefully things will pick up here.

No, I am not dead. We’ve been at Disney World for the past week. You would think that Disney, as a technology innovator, would have WIFI or high speed access in the rooms. Nope, only dial up and I was too cheap to pay my provider for roaming charges. So I’ve finally found a coffee […]

There has been an article floating about by Tim Bednar on spiritual blogging titled “We Know More Than Our Pastors.” Tim’s thesis is that the synergy of the combined blogging community represents a source of knowledge that is great than any one church leader. It is a logical hypothesis, which I agree with for the […]

Jerry writes: If the neocons hated Hillary, they are all going to stroke out with Teresa, which would suit me just fine.

Through the influence of my good friend Karl, I have been accorded Reverend status at the Church of Fools. What does this mean? Well, I will be occasionally leading services on-line and will hang out when I have a moment to act pastorally. It’s interesting to enter into pastoral conversations with folks all over the […]

Thanks to Kevin I saw a jump in folks who read my blog from around 40 a a day to over 150. Now that the crisis is over, we’re back to the normal level. I wonder if I take a close up picture of my feet and post it on my blog if I would […]

This past week, I had my normal Wednesday morning breakfast with the guys. It’s an eclectic group. Four of us are seminary trained. There are two ministers, a sex educator, a lawyer who specializes in non-profit law, and a journalist. As the morning was wrapping up, my friend Jim was telling me about his recent […]