Can you name them? Who are your top five Influencers? Not just some TT fave rave or a podcast host, but the people in your non-digital life, in your non-screen life? There’s overlap. I know. For me as well. But…

“You’re a composite of the five people you spend the most time with…or the five people most important to you…or the five people who have the most of your attention and time online…or….” Many say such thinking started with Jim…

Tom Fuerst, an online friend and Memphis colleague with whom I’d love to have coffee regularly, gave me his expressed permission to share this with you here – – – I love it when I see older clergy – even…

“If Jesus recognized his need to withdraw and abide with God,” asks Bronwin Baartman, “doesn’t it make sense that we would, too?” Even sometimes-noisy activists like us United Methodist Christians have this need. And here’s the most elemental first part…

I’ve frequently heard it said that “Jesus took a nap in the back of the boat.” Matthew 8, Mark 4, and Luke 8 all three tell us a version of that. Is our problem that some of us don’t know…

“If Jesus felt the need for stillness and silence,” asks Bronwin Baartman, “shouldn’t we?” “Oh come on, Joe, I’m busier than Jesus ever was!” I know that feeling…but…uhmmm…. Get real. Let’s catch our breath and meet back here tomorrow.

“Show me in the Bible,” says a Presbyterian friend, “where it talks about retirement.” And then waits.

Bruce Springsteen said it — “We ain’t quitting. No farewell tour for the E Street Band.” — I love it.

I still have some rolled-up pennies of my mom’s from her last apartment when she was able to live independently. Yup, pennies. Yesterday I picked up a penny off the parking lot while pumping gas. Yup, a penny. One of…

Saw this at a local eatery. Shouldn’t this describe the church? RSVP