When I was a kid, my Dad, who was born in 1919, would tell us tales of life going to school in a one-room schoolhouse and walking there 5 miles in a driving snowstorm, uphill both ways, and having to make a fire in the boiler to heat the classroom! Amazing stuff! Dad had great stories!Continue reading “Being Christian in the Age of Social Distancing”
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Roadblocks to Peace
The older I get, and I am getting there fast…the more I am beginning to understand, notice I said “beginning!” There was a time not so long ago that I thought being a Christian was all about following carefully crafted rules. Those rules, I thought, triumphed relationships every single time! My “Damascus Road” experience came as I thought about the conflict I have experienced as a Pastor. That conflict was mostly over methodology and control. Some people want both no matter the cost, even at the cost of relationships. Continue reading “Roadblocks to Peace”
In Times Like These 