I returned to pastoral ministry on October 1st of last year. Here are a few brief scenes from that time… In the middle of a service not too long after I began, two of Our Town’s Finest walked in and sat in the back. One was in uniform, the other in plain clothes. I didn’tContinue reading “Chronicles of a Small Church Pastor”
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I Missed a Big Book Birthday
In March of 2016, I became an author for the first time. Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday was published that year by Noesis Press, an imprint of The Davies Group, Publishers. The book explores ways to explore the spiritual whether one is part of a formal faith tradition or community, has left suchContinue reading “I Missed a Big Book Birthday”
A Prayer from a Garden
based on John 20:1-18 Faithful God, it is a day to proclaim to one another that the tomb is empty, that Christ has been raised, and that life has the final word over death. We hear these words and even speak them ourselves, and yet we still may feel the need to run to theContinue reading “A Prayer from a Garden”