Recent Church

• Some Thoughts on Christian Unity

  Phil Miller at CRN.Info and Analysis posted some interesting quotes on Christian unity from some of the leaders of the great religious movements of the last 500 years.  As a United Methodist, I found the one by John Wesley to be of more than passing interest to me, but all of the quotes are of [...]

  September 16th, 2007

• Worried and Anxious about Many Things (Okay, just a few, but they seem like a lot)

  I am, by nature, a rather laid-back person.  I don’t usually get worked up over things. But lately I have become more and more anxious and worried, and this is beginning to bother me.
  As any regular reader of this blog knows, things are always a bit up in the air at the church I serve.  [...]

  August 14th, 2007

• Christians, Hate, Nakedness, and Namecalling

  Hate is a powerful and destructive force, and though I am sure I don’t need to tell anyone that, I think it bears repeating from time to time.  This last weekend, one of my blogging friends, David Hayward, of nakedpastor, was “fortunate” to have his blog and his person reviewed by one of the watchdogs of blogging’s [...]

  August 6th, 2007

• First UMC Sanctuary

  The inside of my church.

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  July 31st, 2007

• Training Up a Child

  Alan Creech has a post on his blog in which he talks about parent’s’ responsibility to raise and train his or her children in the faith.  I couldn’t agree with him more.  He writes, and I quote:
  I’m thinking of how I have taught them over the years, what I’ve taught them, and it actually is my [...]

  July 30th, 2007

• The Broken Church

  I recently finished reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s last book:

  Amazon.com: Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith: Books: Barbara Brown Taylor
  ISBN: 0060872632ISBN-13: 9780060872632

   I must say that it has touched me deeply.  In addition, in it I have found much with which I agree.  Over the next few days I hope to share some quotes that have been thought-provoking [...]

  July 23rd, 2007

• Mary Appears

  Another beautiful stained glass window in St. Elizabeth’s, the home of Vineyard Central in Norwood, Ohio.

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  July 7th, 2007

• Mary Appears

  Another beautiful stained glass window in St. Elizabeth’s, the home of Vineyard Central in Norwood, Ohio.

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  July 7th, 2007

• The "Out of the Closet" Meme

  This has nothing to do with homosexuality (except for item two), but has to do with coming out of the closet theologically speaking (except for items 3 and 4).  No one tagged me, but I have read it on several blogs (Kyle, Rob, Ben, and Kim)    and decided to do it myself.

  I confess that when it [...]

  June 28th, 2007

• A Lamp in Stained Glass

  Taken at St. Elizabeth’s in Norwood, Ohio, home to Vineyard Central.

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  June 26th, 2007