Negative Rights, Positive Rights, The Constitution, and Our Understanding of God
Cyndy and I sat down and watched a play this week. Yes, a play in our living room! Brad Shoup, a member of Bear Creek, recommended it...
Ego, Legacy, and Russell Wilson
Have any of you been watching what’s been happening to Russell Wilson in Denver? Man, this is painful, isn’t it? Talk about everything...
Rain, Storm, Fire, Wind…Kum Bah Yah
How many of you ran to your windows this morning, cranked them open, and listened to the rain?!? For some of us, we had to wait a bit,...
Tubman, Garrett??, and Truth
This Sunday, if you get a chance to come to worship at Bear Creek UMC, you are in for a powerful moment of wonder and question by our...
Co-Creating Sacred Ground
This Sunday my church, Bear Creek UMC, is beginning a 4-week worship theme celebrating a Jesus who “gets us” and calls us to “get...
Meet Christianity’s “John and Paul”: Meet “Justice and Joy”
I have had some amazing moments of joy in my life. Kissing the love of my life for the first time! Making a half-court shot in a...
A Third More Excellent Way
(This Weekend, I am officiating the marriage of Sam McBride (my son) and Lui Ying (Iris). This is the reflection I am sharing. The...
The Law of Grace in Leviticus?!?
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the biblical concept of Jubilee these days. Mainly because we are using this theme for our...
Pastor Brook, Bats, and Scarcity
I have a confession for you: I am blind as a bat! Let me explain. For most of you, the picture I have posted with this blog post has a...
A Hypocrite's Muse about Sabbath
In some senses I have no right even writing about this topic, especially as I am writing it on my “technical” day off! (Yes, I have...
Can A 61-year-old White Guy Learn to Dance
Scripture: And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs[c] and lyres and harps and tambourines and...
The Summer of The Great Gedney Cucumber Cash Crop
Yesterday I made it home from a 4-day stint as Camp Pastor for an elementary camp at Camp Indianola and my first question to Cyndy was,...
Gate-Keepers or Grace-Givers
Can you give me permission to rant a bit? Today’s news brings an interesting article about a 5-year-old who was allegedly removed from...
Pull-ups, Barnabus, and VBS
Working our VBS and hanging out with your wonderful children and grandchildren all week, was so amazing, that it triggered a memory....
Rainbow Sherbet, Oasis, and God's Places of Grace
I was out visiting Harry and Anna Culbreth yesterday. A wonderful couple whose center just emotes the love of Christ. And as I left their...
Learning about Hospitality from the Expert: My Dog, Piff
A year and 1/2 ago, Cyndy and I decided to bite the bullet and get another dog. It wasn't an easy decision. Our dog of 14 years, Sugar,...
Jesus Gets Us, Why Can't We?!?
I’ve been thinking lately about how wonderful it is to have someone just get you. Someone who understands what makes you tick and isn’t...
Which Way are We Falling?
In the Christian world, one of the big debates as of the last one hundred years is concerning which way we are falling. Conservatives...
Row, Wade, and Elvis
I’m a little slow to respond on this one, I know. But sometimes I just need some time to grieve and process just everything that has...

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