What went wrong? Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies moving foward and finding the answer.

Entering Advent, join me in praying for The Church and for the people who are the churches. These prayers come from the Book of Common Prayer: Daily Prayer, published by our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) sisters and brothers. It’s been on my shelf, recently re-discovered, and offers a wealth of riches. For example — O Christ,…

Some creative people don’t have messes, they have ideas lying around everywhere.

Entering Advent, join me in praying for The Church and for the people who are the churches. These prayers come from the Book of Common Prayer: Daily Prayer, published by our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) sisters and brothers. It’s been on my shelf, recently re-discovered, and offers a wealth of riches. For example — God of…

You’re choosing whatever you’re not changing.

Diana Bass cuts through soooo much with this question — “Why is it that churches always seem to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire?” — Wow. Ouch. And uhmm…whaddya say to that? I look forward to hearing from you, and hope to see back here tomorrow.

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club…

Ron Bogart, longtime friend and colleague, has graciously given me permission to quote and share the following. I think he speaks for many, and certainly not just your pastor, about the dynamics and the moving parts of all of our lives —- On Thanksgiving 2021 I tried to examine my ministry of 43 years and…

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. — Romans 12:2 It’s axiomatic that we are the books we read, the movies we watch, the music we listen to, the people we spend time with, and the conversations in which we engage. “Choose carefully what you feed yourself,” someone told me a long time ago…

You had the power all along, my dear. — Glinda, The Good Witch