10 Things to do on Vacation
Now that summer is almost here and we start to think about taking a little time off here are some suggestions that come to us from the Blog, Orthodoxy Around th...
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The Problem with Pride
As someone involved in the spiritual direction and guiding others along the spiritual path, I often get the question about pride. We hear that pride is dangero...
A Little Summer Reading
A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a reenactment of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It was a fascinating experience to be involved in such an historic event ...
3 Ways to Reach Millennials
Much has been written about the recent Pew Research poll about the condition of religion in America. I have said before that if we are all about the num...
Ministry of Presence
Much of what we do as clergy can get lost in the sameness of life. The humdrum of life marches every forward moving us along with it. Sometimes we go from mee...
Acceptance does not mean approval
Over the past few months, I have been meditating on this idea of acceptance as it relates to other people and how, as a Christian, I should be thinking a...
Having Eyes, They See Not
This past week we were present with the Gospel story of the man who was born blind (John 9:1-38). In this story, we see Jesus healing them man by placing the c...
PODCAST: The Woman at the Well
What do you do when you’re confronted with your sin face to face?
It’s Not Just about the Numbers
Recently, the Pew Research Forum released a study concerning the religious landscape in America. The results are sobering for those of us in church work and re...
Those Pesky Pharisees
Read John 9:1-38 A long time ago, in a writing class I was in, the teacher said that every good story has a hero and an antagonist. In the Gospel story ...