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Lover of Lost Causes

UncategorizedJanuary 18, 201870Views 0Likes 0Comments

I think it's so odd that most of us would agree that the sacrificed life - a life lived for helping others - is the best way to live. Only few of us ever decide to live that way. Sure, there are those few foster parents who take in children, let themselves fall in love with them,…

“Once more, with feeling…”

UncategorizedJanuary 6, 201864Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I took vocal classes, my first time singing a song was the toughest. I’d spent the week working on it, but now the nerves kick in. At the end of my struggling rendition, the professor would smile and say: “OK. Once more, with feeling…” Sometimes you have to get past the first…

My FROZEN New Year’s Eve

UncategorizedJanuary 4, 201876Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today is New Years Day 2018. It’s 10:30 am and I’m sitting in my pajamas drinking coffee. And no, I don’t plan to get out of these pajamas any time soon. They are my warm and cozy home for the rest of the day, after quite a wild night out. But it wasn't exactly the kind…

Let It Go

UncategorizedDecember 28, 201766Views 0Likes 0Comments

Some people say, "If you love something, set it free. If it returns, then it's truly yours... ...but if it doesn't return....hunt it down and kill it! Just kidding...sort of. ;0) But as we face the blank palette of a new year, one of the main things we need to embrace is not just the "…

A White Privileged Christmas

belief, Christmas, Social issuesDecember 28, 201774Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’m getting a little concerned for Santa. Truth is, he’s an old timer. Can you say, "OK, Boomer"? His deeds, though well-intentioned, are from another age entirely. And I’m afraid someone will probably take him down pretty soon. A hitman? Most likely not, though I’m not ruling anything out. More likely, it will be a lawyer. Or a soccer…

Surviving a Vampire Attack

UncategorizedDecember 8, 201741Views 0Likes 0Comments

So I just survived a vampire attack. Yeah, who would have thought it? Let’s call her “Helen”. She had met with me once before. It was one of those meetings where the person shows up at a worship service and demands to see the pastor immediately. She doesn’t stop to think he might already have responsibilities that…

Legion

UncategorizedNovember 1, 201763Views 0Likes 0Comments

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I originally wrote this article a couple of years ago, but did not include the name of the inmate because he was still at trial. Finally last week, a judge pronounced sentence against Mesac Damas as punishment for the murder of his wife and children. Since those legal proceedings are over, I'm including…

Help! I’m on the pastor search committee!

UncategorizedOctober 17, 2017207Views 0Likes 0Comments

I'll never forget the day when after a nearly 9-month interview process, after answering the world’s longest questionnaire, after having the specter of a possible move over my head while trying to go on at my church like nothing’s happening, I got word I would not be called as the new pastor of First Baptist,…

The Day My Church Died

UncategorizedSeptember 28, 2017119Views 0Likes 4Comments

NOTE: I wrote this article on Easter Sunday, 2017. I've waited until now to publish it. I remember driving past an ugly little country church one Easter. The sign out front said simply “He is not here”. From some churches I’ve been in, I knew that sign was probably a great example of truth-in-advertising… Well, it’s…

On Second Thought…

UncategorizedSeptember 14, 201740Views 0Likes 0Comments

So just over three months after we left Florida, Hurricane Irma hit our old town of Naples dead on. And they say in comedy “timing’s everything”. Add hurricanes to that too, I guess. I watched on tv this week as my favorite street in downtown Naples got pummeled. Fifth Avenue had been where I’d hang out, drink…

The Little Woman

UncategorizedMay 12, 201775Views 0Likes 0Comments

This is soup. My awesome wife Dawn made some for supper tonight. Author's note: I did not force her to cook this meal in any patrician/male-dominating sort of way. I'm pretty sure she did not feel coerced to do it and it did not betray her femininity to take on such a traditional conservative role…

A Dusty Old Book

UncategorizedApril 28, 201772Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's weird, that moment when you suddenly realize how others perceive you. It's as if a window opens and you no longer see yourself subjectively - you can now see yourself through the eyes of others. When spiritual issues come up in conversation, I can tell how alien I seem. It's like I'm talking about…

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