wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes, the things we add to the beginnings and ends of things appear superfluous. Words Certain … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The problems with the clergy-laity system are a) centuries old and b) pandemic. Most of my disputes … more →
wrote 3 months ago: License plate in a Bible Belt parking lot The message above represents what’s wrong with the N … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Some aspects of church gatherings are related to the group’s size. Pacing. As a musician, I n … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The saxophone. The butt of many jokes told by art-music musicians. Also thought by many to be the … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “Isn’t it amazing how those songs went right along with the sermon? And the song leader … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Among many other things, my dad taught me to think about geographies and topographies. Roads would … more →
wrote 6 months ago: My undergraduate institution, Harding University, toward which I still feel some fondness and loyalt … more →
wrote 6 months ago: 10. Apples 9. The Amish neighbors that are pretty much unaffected by tourism and rampant commerce 8. … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Sometimes, the main hurdle is simply figuring out what you don’t know and then asking someone … more →
wrote 7 months ago: What makes an “artist” an Artist? In these days of the indiscriminate bandying about of … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Some things are just inappropriate. The use of John Lennon’s song “Imagine” in the … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I think some of my rants are quasi-important, but since I haven’t indulged in one for a while, … more →
wrote 7 months ago: We humans can be really hypocritical inconsistent. 1. Some Mormons once told me they were forbidden … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Now from Worship Leader columnist Phil Sillas comes a mention of Loop Community. (Boy, am I out of … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Digital technology. It’s not that it leaves much to be desired itself—my goodness, it can manage so … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Although my own life might be fairly characterized, alternately, as a TV drama with very little susp … more →
wrote 8 months ago: If my wife died, I think I would probably eventually check out Christianmingle.com. But I would als … more →
wrote 8 months ago: While back in Colorado, where I spent two years in grad school plus quite a few shorter stints, I wa … more →