About six months ago, as I was starting to blog, I asked someone I respected for potential blog topics. His answer was striking and proved prescient by recent events. He suggested: “Write a blog that answers the question, ‘We won, why should we leave?’” Since that time I’ve thought a lot about that question. With…
I’m not an optimist by temperament or training. Given the current state of the United Methodist Church, it appears that the news filtering out across the denomination is creating more despair than hope, especially in the United States. As I read about the events of the past few weeks it’s almost as…
I received two e-mails yesterday that resulted in today’s post. The first e-mail was short and to the point: “Interesting posts. But, who are you?” When I first read the e-mail I wondered if this was sarcasm. E-mails lack inflection, so “But, who are you?” could mean “But, who do you think you are…
In the 38th Chapter of Job we hear the Lord question Job. His questioning gives a hint, but only a hint, of his power and eternal majesty. The portion of the 38th Chapter, verses 4 through 30 (NIV) set forth below is a beautifuly poetic passage you might want to reflect on today: Where…
I’m writing this on August 13, 2019. It’s hard for me to believe that on July 24, 20 days ago I started trying to figure out how to write a blog. I had a partner who once told me “Once you know how to do something, it’s easy.” I’m not to the easy stage…
If one assumes that some plan will emerge at GC 2020 that will result in providing for new expressions, one of the challenges will be the administrative work of sorting out assets and liabilities. Yesterday’s post concerning the Plain Grace Plan suggested several contexts where delegating authority to a working group is necessary; for…
I’m not much of a mathematician. But I can do simple algebra. I remember one of, if not the first, equation I saw in pre-algebra. It looked like this: A = B Pretty simple right? And then one of the variables was provided. The problem then looked like this: A =…
Yesterday’s post considered labels. Labels are a way we define not only others, but ourself. This post is a short variation on that topic. It doesn’t specifically relate to GC 2020, but to the extent it applies to the Category “Life in General” it could be read that way. Thinking back to long ago…
As it turns out, you can’t believe everything you read on the internet. A week or so ago I started thinking about writing a blog. It seemed like a good idea. After searching “how to start a blog” it seemed like an even better idea. Once I knew that I could get a blog…
I am a new, self-taught blogger that has spent the last week or so trying to get a site up and running. I’m jumping into the deep end of the pool today. If you see something that needs fixing or improvement let me know. I hope you enjoy.
