21 July, 2010

Coffee, Port and Barefoot Wine

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I'm ordained, which is nice. On June 12th, somewhere around 7:45 in the evening, at Salem's First (But Not Only) United Methodist Ch...
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20 May, 2010

Been a Long While Coming

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It's been a long while since I've blogged. So long that: 1) my two avid fans who used to harass me about needing to write another p...
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15 July, 2009

Christmas Sermon - A True Story

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I don't remember many sermons from my childhood. I remember snippets and stories, and only a handful of those. This is one of the stori...
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01 June, 2009

All's Well That Ends

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Well, maybe now we can relax.  Maybe now our little burg can go back to its normal Norman Rockwellian ways.  Maybe Steve Martin can sleep pe...
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12 May, 2009

Drive Friendly

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I have a theory. Mind you, it's not a well-considered theory based on observation, reflection and logic. So, maybe not a theory so muc...
01 May, 2009

Sweet Weepin' Jesus

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Christians are more likely than non-Christians to think that torture is "often" or "sometimes" justified. (Link goes t...
23 April, 2009

Been a Wee While

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Well, it's been a wee while since I last posted. And, weirdly and disturbingly, two people have told me that I should post. They both ...
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21 March, 2009

About Those Bonuses

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The national discussion of late has been about the AIG executive bonuses. Much outrage and political posturing all around. For me, it is h...
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19 March, 2009

Of Plays, Divorce Court and Dangerous Grace

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A few things've been bumping around the old noggin of late.(1) One is a conversation I recently had with a friend and ministry colleague...
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12 March, 2009

Sneaky Jesus

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It's long been an article of faith for me that Jesus is sneaky. Not Dick Cheney's Merry Band of Secret Assassins sneaky, but sneaky...
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04 March, 2009

Playing Dirty

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Well, well, well, well, well ... We have quite the little storm brewing here in La Grande. And now it's on the verge of blowing up into ...
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26 February, 2009

Church Smells Funny

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It's Sooty Thursday (the day after Ash Wednesday, natch...) and our church smells funny. Angela Marie (my esteemed colleague) says it s...
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23 February, 2009

On Feeling Old(er) and Having Less(ish)

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I've been feeling a bit reflective lately - a confluence of momentously significant moments has left me so: I turned a year older (36, w...
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06 February, 2009

Redemptive Violence Works!

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I like movies. I like them when they're deep and thought provoking. I like them when they're funny. I like them when they're ...
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01 February, 2009

Numerology, or, Are You Sure Wesley Done It This Way?

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On Friday, I finished making up, err, I mean, carefully calculating facts and figures for our Year End Statistics Doodad for the United Meth...
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