Occasionally I get visitors in the office who will ask why we've not been doing something that's "common sense." There's usually one of...

It happened again last week: someone told me I have an incredibly easy job. I may or may not have audibly sighed before launching into my...

Hello, everyone. With Chris out of town, he left me to create the blog post. So, as I sat down to create this blog post, I begun to think...

One of my sister's favorite tunes is "Simple Gifts," a Shaker hymn made famous by Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. It begins, "Tis the...

A colleague in ministry and I recently had a conversation about the Book of Proverbs. To make a long discussion short, neither of us are...

At the beginning of this week, a friend of mine sent me a message, asking me very generalized questions. I didn’t think anything of it,...

Hello everyone, I am recent employee to the church, under the title of ministry associate, John Conner. I’ve been of attendance of this...

Today is my last day in the office before I leave for vacation. This will be my first full week of vacation proper since 2010. (Sure, I...

Carnac the Magnificent, an alter ego of Johnny Carson, once proclaimed the answer to the question in a sealed envelope to be "Sis boom...

Today is the first day of summer. Many songs have been written about summer, so whether you prefer Gershwin or singing snowmen, there's...