One of the things you hear about when a church is in decline is how to grow the church. Of course, when people talk about growing the church they mean, to put in crudely, butts in the pews. Church members and clergy all want to find some magic formula to make people enter the doors... Continue Reading →
The Spiritual Discipline of Giving
A few weeks ago, I stopped by the children's Sunday School class before Sunday worship. After a few minutes, Mason and his brother Fletcher showed up. Little Mason was clutching a dollar bill. Being a little kid, he was running around the room doing various things, but he never let go of that dollar. In... Continue Reading →
Retreads: I Think I Can, I Think I Can…
From my prior blog, originally written in October of 2009. I've recently noticed something about myself in relation to my having Aspergers. I tend to be someone that can be doggedly persistent about something. Where as others can be focused on something for a while and then give up, I tend to persist...and persist. For... Continue Reading →
For Gay Youth…
Since there has been a lot of talk about a lot of gay teens committing suicide, I wanted to share something that the church I am at is doing starting October 8. We are starting a program geared towards gay teens where they can come together in a safe space and maybe learn that God... Continue Reading →
It Gets Better
It's never easy being a teen, and it's harder if you are gay or dealing with autism. In junior high and in high school, I was dealing with both. At the time, I didn't know I had Aspergers and was working hard to deny being gay. I remember being picked on and told I was... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 