Just A Little

Today is the first day of a new year. As I did last year, I feel the pull to make this year count. To reflect on what has gone before and decidedly choose to move into the future and “carpe the diem,” as a good friend of mine says. I’ve found I’m a future-oriented person, […]

A Cup of Community

Maybe it was a byproduct of serving in the Army where fresh coffee wasn’t always available in the field. Maybe he was ahead of his time. Maybe he just needed the caffeine rush. Whatever the case, I have vivid memories of my uncle drinking coffee hot, cold and all temperatures in between. He just always […]

Eclipse 2017: What I Learned About Church

The Eclipse of 2017. I know years from now this is how we’ll think about our recent solar eclipse. Like other historical and community-wide events we’ll tell the stories of where we were and what we did. We’ll remember the people we were with and we may even recall the conversations that preceded and followed […]