John Elder Robison wrote two articles for Psychology Today three years ago where he mused why he never say any black, male Aspergians or persons with Aspergers Syndrome. Well, as many of you know, I'm black. I'm male. And I have Aspergers. Which I guess means that I'm right up there with unicorns and the... Continue Reading →
Personal Jesus
One thing that I've noticed over the years is that mainline Protestants don't seem to take God very personally. Growing up as I did in the evangelical world, God and Jesus was up close and personal. A lot of the songs we sung in college intentionally changed the words of some songs from something like,... Continue Reading →
Epic Fail
I love the fact that there is a conference called Epic Fail Pastor's Conference. I am tempted to go to it.This gets me thinking about how pastors are loathe to admit failure. We don't like to look like a complete ass in front of others. We feel that we always have to have an answer... Continue Reading →
Personal Jesus
One thing that I've noticed over the years is that mainline Protestants don't seem to take God very personally. Growing up as I did in the evangelical world, God and Jesus was up close and personal. A lot of the songs we sung in college intentionally changed the words of some songs from something like,... Continue Reading →
Epic Fail
I love the fact that there is a conference called Epic Fail Pastor's Conference. I am tempted to go to it. This gets me thinking about how pastors are loathe to admit failure. We don't like to look like a complete ass in front of others. We feel that we always have to have an... Continue Reading →
How I Totally Failed in Planting a New Church (And Why I’d Do It Again)
Presbyterian pastor and blogger Landon Whitsitt shares two ways that a church plant can fail. The second one is trying to do it like you would staring a business. The first one kind of takes a motto from a certain athletic company as gospel: For folks in the circles I typically run in (read: postmodern... Continue Reading →
How I Totally Failed in Planting a New Church (And Why I’d Do It Again)
Presbyterian pastor and blogger Landon Whitsitt shares two ways that a church plant can fail. The second one is trying to do it like you would staring a business. The first one kind of takes a motto from a certain athletic company as gospel: For folks in the circles I typically run in (read: postmodern... Continue Reading →
A Table, A Cross, An Elephant and a Donkey
There was a time in my life when I really loved talking about politics. I come from a family where my mother talked about politics constantly and still does. But these days, I don't enjoy politics as much as I used to. I still enjoy and I still blog about politics, but something has changed... Continue Reading →
A Table, A Cross, An Elephant and a Donkey
Christ of the Polls by Stushie.There was a time in my life when I really loved talking about politics. I come from a family where my mother talked about politics constantly and still does. But these days, I don't enjoy politics as much as I used to. I still enjoy and I still blog about... Continue Reading →
Repost: The Church, Autism and a place of Welcome
From July 2010: When I was a kid , I spent several years on the junior usher board at church. Of course, back in the 70s, neither I nor my parents knew I was autistic, but they knew things were a bit off with me. Anyway, being an usher in the African American church is... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 