Usually in my blog posts I’m trying to think about some theological or religious or ministry issue. This time, it’s more personal. This move to Dallas has me rattled in unexpected ways. I’m a preacher’s kid. Preachers’ kids and “army
Usually in my blog posts I’m trying to think about some theological or religious or ministry issue. This time, it’s more personal. This move to Dallas has me rattled in unexpected ways. I’m a preacher’s kid. Preachers’ kids and “army
Reading John Wesley’s Sermon (actually, it’s Charles’, I recently learned) , “The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes,” reminds me again of how societies’ assumptions can change. The title alone strikes today’s reader as quaint, to say the least. An earthquake
Among the requisite qualities for my new job as SMU Chaplain, I find these three: (1) passionate commitment to Christ, (2) strong United Methodist identity and (3) openness to people of other faiths. The third point is particularly important because
Not far from where I live is a nationwide (I think) drive-in, no appointment necessary, oil-change business. I regularly drive and jog by this place and have even succumbed to having my vehicle serviced there, on desperate occasions. Every