Housemate

Well. I asked for it. I live a lonely life in the world of ministry. My colleagues are all single, divorced, or in distant oddly functional relationships. I’d toyed with the idea of a housemate for many months now, but it materialized when a friend was looking for a place to stay. “Sure!” I said, [...]

Apathy

It’s been awhile since I’ve rambled on these pages. I made it through another Christmas, a pageant and candle light service, and into the new year. Somehow, I cannot help but shake a feelig of apathy. I love the youth, the children, and the relationships, but as the days grow longer again so does the [...]

Grrrr.

So this is a venting session on the inept and egotistical nature of graduate study. Here I am the quasi-happy suburban minister interested in graduate study. Yes, the curiosity bug has bitten. I have been very intrigued by a program at a school in our nations capital because they state that they are a Ph.D [...]

Think About It

It’s interesting that a car company has decided to advertise by appealing to our sense of lost commitment. Morality, deprivation, need, and now the notion that we can’t keep commitment but a car company can. Or, does it push towards maintaining those commitments that we have made? Is it a car commercial or an appeal [...]

Ethics in this new age: Halo 3 and the church

Well here we have it, the fall of church as we know it. No longer do youth groups gather to play relationship building and touchy-feely games. Instead they have resorted to attracting youth by hosting a violent video game. An article in the New York Times is what brought this to my attention. Yet, [...]

What a long strange trip….

I haven’t written in months and must not miss it. It isn’t routine, this posting thing. I’ll try to ge back into again for the sake of my own sanity, but life has been traveling a mile a minute. Do not believe, for one moment, that summer slows down for ministers. Maybe for those that [...]

Winding down equals up

As the academic year comes to an end and the students that so dutifully have gathered on Sundays to study, grumble, fall in love, and meet their parents expectations are soon headed to various different camps, programs and vacations. It seems that evey moment of their space is fully programmed these days. Yet that’s not [...]

Reminders

It turns out that I’m fumbling. See, I’m in a position where my job description is broad and the responsibilities are pointed. Possible? Maybe, but under the surface I think my mind has decided to fight its own battle, the argument being whether or not ministry is identified by skill sets, gifts, or spiritual [...]

Basketball

Although not theologically interesting, the NCAA has had some interesting conversations with the media recently. The question of ‘pay-for-play’ has been raised and the administrators rightly pointed the conversation back to education. Yet, hesitant as I am to tout college players, I do wonder if we are capitolizing on the backs of education. The sales [...]

Christian education

I am, by nature, an educator. Teaching and preaching are ingrained in my existance and are inseperable from all that I do; for richer or for poorer. Yet I am struggling with the philosophical and energy end of leading children in christian education. As many of you may know, curriculum for the church is generally [...]