Musings on Faith, Culture and ADHD
One of the difficulties of being a "high functioning" autistic is that it is in a way an invisible disability. For most people, when they look at someone like me, they see a "normal" person. Because they see a person that seems to act just like them, it makes it hard to understand when things... Continue Reading →
On January 31, I got the phone call that you always dread, at the what I've been dreading for nearly 10 years- that call at 4 in the morning. Long story short, I learned that my father had died. As Daniel and I got ready to fly from Minnesota to Michigan, I left a text... Continue Reading →
Note: I wrote this earlier this year about relationships. One thing I'd like to add: tell people that you care for them or that you are their friend. For someone like me with autism it can make all the difference in the world. When I was in high school, I ran track. I didn't run... Continue Reading →
I'm a little wary about writing this. The reason for my skittishness is that I don't want my frustrations to be misunderstood. But I think I need to try to find someway to share these frustrations; otherwise they will eat me alive. Anyone that knows me knows that I am a bit focused on new... Continue Reading →
I will be writing a blog post on partisanship and the church, but right now I need to chat about dealing with self-esteem when you are on the autistic spectrum. People with Aspergers especially deal with low self-esteem, partially because of being bullied and partially because we tend to isolate ourselves when we've been bullied. ... Continue Reading →
Every so often, more often than I'd like to admit, I get this feeling that I am a failure- especially when it comes to this pastor thing.
As I read a number of autistic bloggers, one thing becomes very clear: there are a lot of people with chips on their shoulders. At some point, some autistic blogger will write a post about how someone somewhere at sometime did something that was offensive. So they write a post basically ordering people to stop... Continue Reading →
I have a love-hate relationship with the church. Yes, that's kind of an odd thing for someone whose job revolves around the church to say, but it's true. Church can offer me comfort and challenge me in my mission of being Christ to others. But has also been a place of pain, a place where... Continue Reading →
I've never been the guy that people want to hang out with. I've never been the person that people really want to confide in. For the most part, I've been the guy on the outside of the group. None of this means that I have no friends. It does mean that there is a certain... Continue Reading →
Last week, I had a conversation over the phone with a fellow pastor who is interested in planting a church. He share some of his plans and ideas. It seemed solid, so I asked him to share an outline of his idea that I could pass on to some other folks in the area. While... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 