Walking is one of my favorite metaphors and “Who are you walking with?” is one of my favorite questions. For years you could find me most Thursday’s at noon at a BBQ place with some men I walk with. They are two of my closest friends. One week Dave brought a notebook from a couple […]
Read moreWhen Sabbath Doesn’t Include Church
This week I had one of the best Sabbaths I’ve experienced in a long time. We slept, went out for breakfast, wandered around, rested, had conversations, admired the fall colors, walked hand in hand…it was great. I was able to spend some time writing and there was nothing on our agenda…not even church. In […]
Read moreThe Proposal
My son Zack recently got engaged. He prayed and planned, dreamed and schemed, and finally popped the question in a very romantic and creative fashion. Marital customs are very different today than they were in the 1st century. The path that led down the isle would begin with two fathers talking about a […]
Read moreThe Ancient Roots of the Lord’s Supper
Today at sundown the Jewish people will begin to celebrate Passover. As you probably know, Passover comemorates God’s intervention and their release from slavery in Egypt. According to Exodus 12, the tenth plague was the most horrific. The eldest child in every family would die unless a lamb was killed and its blood was brushed […]
Read moreThe Three Most Underrated Messages
I meet all sorts of people in my job. Yesterday I spend most of the day with a film crew. Before guiding them around our community I spent an hour and a half with a gentleman who represents a cancer support organization. At first it was a little hard to get a handle on what […]
Read moreThe Story of St. Patrick
Imagine being kidnapped as a teenager. You are taken far from home to a land where you don’t understand the culture or even speak the language. You’re sold to a man and taken to his home. And through a series of gestures, grunts, and pictures you finally realize you will be spending most of the […]
Read moreMy Mentor on Investment
When I was charting out this series it was difficult to pick out only a handful of topics because Jim has taught me so many things over the years. Taught isn’t even the right word. He invested in me. Jim did not consider himself a dispenser of wisdom. He was simply an Everyday Pilgrim…an ordinary […]
Read moreMy Mentor on Life Long Learning
There are only a handful of vocations where the payscale is tiered to reward education. Ministry is not typically one of them. But Jim was a consistent voice of encouragement to always be a learner. Whether it was in the formal sense of pursuing graduate degrees or informally with conferences, workshops, and seminars. I […]
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