Yesterday, I wrote an article on forgiving others that was spurred by a conversation with a good friend.  The conclusion of that article suggested that it is simply more relaxing and enjoyable for you to forgive than to do anything else.
This conclusion, though, begs the question, “When I forgive, does everything go back to the [...]

I suppose that the key to being able to forgive just might lie in the ability of the wounded party to understand what pardon brings to them.
It’s human nature to nurse a grudge and it just feels good.  For a while.  I always enjoy that (self)righteous feeling of the moral high ground.  Too bad, I [...]

I drove home from Church Sunday after worshiping together with the Skelly Drive family for the first time in two weeks.  A blizzard had hit and knocked us out of our Christmas Eve service and later the Sunday morning service on the 27th.  The latter service being canceled kept everyone from being together, though our [...]

Has it really been 2 1/2 weeks since I last posted? And that just a video link?
Hmm…
Well, I haven’t lost my passion for writing.  Far from it.  I really miss it.
But I have been consumed with a fascinating task – that of leading my church through a major transition.
I plan on blogging this as well [...]

I’m in the San Francisco airport and I’m noticing so many different attitudes – in those around us and (most disturbingly) in myself.
While moving through security, a man wanted past one of our teens and cursed them under his breath as he went by.  This may have happened in Vietnam, but mostly everyone just made [...]

Dear locks of mine,
I am so very grateful that you’ve chosen to remain faithful all these long years.
Though many of my friends’ manes have betrayed them, abandoning their crowns like rats from a sinking ship, you’ve stayed with me.
And there are so few albinos among you.
In spite of my metabolism grinding to a shuddering halt, [...]

Forgive the self indulgence of this post.  I’m feeling a little nostalgic and maybe a wee bit presumptuous.  Just a few observations – some general and some personally specific.
Ice Cream is my all time favorite indulgence and Peppermint has taken over for Mint Chocolate Chip, Rocky Road and Tin Roof Sundae as my number one [...]

So the sermon yesterday was the last in a series, “When God shows up…” that studied the interactions and reactions of several Old Testament epiphanies (physical manifestations of God, for Vicki and Tiffany).  This has led us up to Advent when we will study the ultimate revelation of God in His ultimate physical manifestation:  the [...]

One of the benefits of not looking like (read: dressing like, talking like) the stereotypical Southern Baptist Pastor is that sales people who drop in the church walk right by me.
Like two this morning.  :)