With the holidays and ordination now behind me, I decided to try to find a part-time job. We managed to get through seminary without taking on much debt, but babies are expensive, and we’ve had two in the last three years, and so I thought that, if I could find the right situation, maybe it… Continue reading Compromise

Though I’m sure they’d been around for decades, I was in college when I saw my first televangelist. It was a late night, my friends and I were watching Simpsons reruns, and when the channel was turned, there the guy was, crying into his shirt sleeve and promising that if we would just send him… Continue reading Needs….

It’s interesting that, for most people, affiliation with a sports team isn’t really something that one chooses, but rather, a decision that one is born into. If you’re born in Alabama, you’re automatically a fan of the Tide, unless your family doesn’t like winning as often, in which case you pull for the Tigers. If… Continue reading Sports fan

Just about four years ago exactly, having been prompted by some friends to do so, I wrote a list of 25 things about myself. The beginning of a New Year is often a time of reflection, as well as a time for looking forward to what is to come. I thought it would be fun,… Continue reading 25 *New* Things…

Yesterday, I sat down to write my usual Wednesday blog post, and managed to get a full four words in before Oliver decided that the place he most wanted to be was in my lap. Well, maybe not my lap exactly, but somebody’s lap, and given that I was the only person home, I had to… Continue reading Adjustments