When I Became A Pastor

When I became a Pastor, I was still not sure what that meant. It seemed, all of a sudden, that I had great authority, great responsibility, and absolutely no way to know how to use it. It seemed that when I became a pastor, I was seen as another person, but felt the same inside. It was…

Flash Fiction: Six Vignettes

In my writing group we had an exercise where we practiced writing flash fiction, trying to write a story in a paragraph. This is what came out. [This is all fiction. It might be a little odd. Consider yourself warned.]

I’m Proud To Be An American OR Born in the USA

It is true. I am glad that my parents were both American citizens when I was born. I was glad that I was able to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer as an American. I stand and put my hand over my heart when the National Anthem plays, and I have my…

Not Yet. Already.

I can’t tell you about it. Because then I would seem petty. And truly — it is not your business. And it is not public knowledge. We don’t share these things.

It is, however, the source of most of my questions and concerns about what I am planning on doing. It’s not easy…

Psalm 29: A Prayer.

Psalm 29 [NRSV]
1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;
worship the Lord in holy splendour.

What Do You See?

Eye Contact is not a constant. I have found that it changes through ages, cultures, sexes, curiosity, familiarity, and gumption. The amount of time that a pair of individuals will keep a connection between themselves by looking each other in the eye seems to be determined on each individual…

Looking

Don’t look back, then you will never be able to walk straight.

Keep your face to the race before you, so that you will not be hindered.

Look forward to the new idea, it is not the things that are behind you that are going to surprise.

I Wonder

I’m wondering about what is going to happen next. On my Google calendar I have the next three and a half months laid out, with plans and times of rest and times when I get to play. And after that is a big open s p a c e.

Turn, turn, turn. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

And so this turning, how does it happen? The seasons change and new things happen. I cannot wait for the seasons to change again, because then spring will be here, I won’t have to wear socks every single day, and then I will be that much closer to being married.