Digitized Discipleship

Make My Day!

But really. Will you?

It usually starts like this:

Church member to me: I want to help Hands & Feet but I don’t know how.

OR: I want to help Hands & Feet. What do you need?

Winning & Losing or Growing & Blessing?

I was blessed to be a finalist for the VII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas…

Cut it out! It’s time to say “no” to judgment & shaming

A three-point plan for turning around the Episcopal Church right now!

We’ve had another release of statistics on membership and attendance in Episcopal churches. Besides an increase in stewardship (0.7%), the news is not good. Membership in Episcopal churches is down 2.1% and 19%…

President or Paleontologist

Our choosing and God’s choice.

On the way home from school recently, my four-year-old daughter suddenly offered the following assessment of her future: “When I grow up, I’m going to be the president…or maybe a paleontologist. I…

Heartbreak

My heart breaks daily. And every single day, God patches it up and fills me again with peace.

Fast, Pray, & Give Alms

Hands & Feet Style

I’m going to keep this really brief. You no doubt know that during Lent, we are called to fast, pray and give alms. And it certainly won’t surprise you that I’d like you to put a Hands & Feet spin on your fasting, praying and…

101 Reasons Not to Serve the Poor

All right, all right. I’ll spare you the list. (But if you mention this post next time you see me, I can’t promise that I won’t launch into a recital of the entire list. So beware.)

“I love your mother more than you.”

How to hold fast to one’s spouse.

When my wife and her siblings were younger, my father-in-law used to tell them, “You know I love your mother more than you.”