Growing Old with You – Let’s Keep Showing Up
My friend Marty and his wife Sonya received another negative diagnosis. For the third time, Sonya heard the words, “You have cancer.” … Continue reading
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I Want to Talk With, Not To/At, People Outside the Church
Conversation is an art. Many experience serial monologues masquerading as conversation. One of the distinctions may be discovered in the preposition. Rarely does a person walk away satisfied they have been heard if the conversation is described as having talked to or at.… Continue reading
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Honesty and a Posture of Hatred Toward Suffering with Jason Micheli
Jack Nicholson defiantly responds to Tom Cruise, “You can’t handle the truth.” Honesty is often both difficult to hear and receive. Pastors are not somehow immune to answering the question that sounds like, “Do I look fat in this dress?” … Continue reading
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Whips and Systems or, The Better Question May Be, “Why Them?”
If you have read here for very long you likely know I am a fan of Inigo Montoya. The daft swordsmen in Princess Bride who puzzles over linguistic imprecision. His almost constant refrain makes the point,
… Continue reading Read More“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you
Doing Without In A Culture of More or, A Mashup of Sacks, Micheli, Kriz, and Rohr
We train our children early how to expect more. Later we prod them to temper their appetites and do with less. Unlearning what it feels like to have more poses more of a difficulty than we realize. The same is true when after establishing habits of more we hear … Continue reading
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