Yesterday was my 80th birthday and I celebrated it by publishing my latest novel: Shock and Awe: A Church recognizes…

Now available on Amazon Once you’ve read the story of what it might look like in this fictional story of…

RELEASE OF MY NEW NOVEL, SHOCK AND AWE, IN EARLY FEBRUARY CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE for…

The Story/My/Our Story Richard Rohr recently introduced me to the Cosmic Egg. It consists of my story (my personal identity),…

IN PREPARATION FOR A HEALTHY BEGINNING. This is a suggestion of an action by a congregation in welcoming their new…

RELEASE OF MY NEW NOVEL, SHOCK AND AWE, IN EARLY FEBRUARY CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE for…

YOUR LIST OF HYPOCRISIES (continued from previous blog) In my previous blog, I explored what I call the hypocritic oath…

HYPOCRITES IN THE MINISTRY I once saw a sign outside of a church that read: “The church is full of…

RACISM DOESN’T NEED TO DEFEAT WHITE CHURCHES We read the history of our nation or even of our churches, and…

IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS’S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…

HALF-HOUR BREAKS In this time of stress, we need to develop a list of ½ hour interruptions that we can…

MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. Explain that they are…

CONTINUING TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS. One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat…

I FIRST POSTED THIS IN 2006 BUT SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE PART OF OUR CURRENT PANDEMIC CONTEXT. Where…

Shock and Awe: A church confesses its racism and is awed by God’s Invitation It almost scares me to suggest…

LISTENING WITH BOTH HEART AND MIND In all the posts and Blogs, we have been focusing on what can happen…

CONSIDER THE FUN OF HAVING THE WHOLE CHURCH INVOLVED I’m going to offer you some sample sets of questions to…

GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO GOD’S SELF You wouldn’t have read this far if you didn’t feel…

WHEN RACISM AFFECTS MY ROMANTIC LIFE On the one hand, what I’m about to share is only a mildly amusing…

DO YOU LOVE A GOOD STORY Consider Using Fiction to Discuss racism in a small group. One of the pleasures…