The Divine Crash

Having children has turned me into a giant weeping baby.  Before I had my children I could watch any show ever and I was tough as nails and didn’t cry…..Ever.
But now, if I see any sitcom, drama, movie, infomercial or musical that involves a child getting hurt I cry like such a baby.  I sit [...]

The walk of shame.  When a college student stumbles back into their dorm after a long night of partying, usually with messed up hair and the same clothes on.  Everyone can see what they are doing and everyone knows why. Have you ever experienced this?  I was not cool enough to experience this.  However, I [...]

Today’s sermon is a twist on a sermon I gave at Tanoma UMC titled “Where Else is the Cross True?”  This one is a discussion on the relevancy for today instead of just a ticket to somewhere else in the future.  You can listen to both version on my itunes podcast or just listen to [...]

No Sermon this week because I am on vacation from Tanoma, next week I will be preaching at Eldersville UMC for the first time.  In the mean time enjoy these thoughts on being a pastor.
What you are looking at is the giant cross that my congregation gave to me while it was loaded in my [...]

One time Jesus says to his disciples that if they wanted to get into heaven they had to come as little children.

This week church was almost cancelled.  We had 22 inches of snow and the policy is if I can make it to the church we will have church.  I barely made it out of my driveway but I made it. We had less people but more than I expected, we finished the series today looking [...]

Last night we held a “Christmas Adam Service.”  I call it that because Adam came before Eve.  Holding our service on the 23rd allows the congregation (and the pastor) to spend Christmas even with their family.  For this service I didn’t really give a sermon, instead I read a kid’s book to the people.