Before tractors were born
My great-grandmother Nellie Burr died yesterday at the age of 102. For someone who has spent the last 8 years in a nursing home, Independence Day was an appropriate time to be free…
From the Archives
Around the Corners: 497 posts from the original blog, 2006 onward. Newer writing is on the Blog →
"I was having dinner with Karen in Moscow last night..."
So I wake up this morning with an email from Greg Nelson. He and his wife are on the vacation of their life time and while sitting in Moscow he is thinking about his ministry at Co…
Somebody's shooting!
Last evening the kids came running into the house yelling that someone was shooting. This led to a conversation about our freedom and fireworks. Abby (9) mentioned that she did not…
No Staff Meeting Today!
Tuesdays are our usual day for staff meeting and I canceled it for today. We meet religiously, well as religiously as a bunch of Baptists can, every Tuesday. In staff meeting we wi…
Sunday Spectators
Sunday was a great day at church with tons of vacationers. It is always neat to do church on the border of Disney and reality where the world comes to play. Yesterday two of the fa…
Evan All...Well maybe not so.
I did not see the movie, even though I am a HUGE fan of Steve Carrol in The Office. I just hate the fact that Hollywood thought that this would be something that Christians would l…
Bloggers Choice
So, July is a funky time around the corners. So many of you are on vacation that I refuse to teach a sermon series that will be disjointed and only half will hear. So here is the p…
thoughts on pastoral transition
I've not blogged much this week, and for that I am sorry. But I am working on a message for a pastor's meeting coming up and thought I would take one of the rabbit trails that I ho…
Sunday Reflections
What a great day! I won't go into too much detail, but it has been our best June yet. All of the numbers were good, but that is such a poor judge of what God is doing. The first se…
The beard debate, Vote Now!
Many of you have shared your feelings on my recent mid-ministry beard crisis. After two months on, should the beard stay? for those of you snow birds and family, I have included a …
Untitled
Should I keep the beard? Yes, if possible find a way to cover up more of your face No, it was a bad idea to begin with Keep it at least through your family reunion Once shaved alwa…
Junior Camp Report
We returned from Jr. camp yesterday and I have never slept so hard in my life. We had a great group of kids at camp this year and they really grew in their knowledge of God and wil…