March 2006 - Talk with the Preacher

March 31, 2006

Managing Marbles

We’ve instituted a new plan at our house. I totally stole the idea from my...

March 29, 2006

Low and Close

For as long as I can remember I've maintained a list of things I really...

March 28, 2006

Flip That Church

I am a very occasional television viewer but recently have become mesmerized by a show...

March 26, 2006

Singing in the Car

This is certainly far from politically correct, but I must confess that the Dixie Chicks'...

March 23, 2006

A Family of Activists

***DISCLAIMER***There's some debate among my clergy friends about how much the pastor's personal perspectives can...

March 22, 2006

Growing Pains

The following appeared our March Calvary Caller. I get a whole page every month, you...

March 21, 2006

Adored

Everybody needs a LaLa. Her name is not really LaLa, of course, it’s Bethany, but...

March 19, 2006

Life is Not Fair

One of the crosses I bear in this veil of tears we call human life...

March 18, 2006

All Shall be Well

I spent some time with a friend yesterday who told me her mantra for life...

March 17, 2006

Please Pass the Mashed Potatoes

The Calvary staff spent a day this week with Mark Holland, pastor of Trinity United...

March 15, 2006

Groupie

I had the thrilling experience tonight of hearing Marcus Borg speak at the National Cathedral...

March 14, 2006

What I Want to be When I Grow Up

Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my...

March 11, 2006

Let the Games Begin

I feel compelled to report the following for those of you who do not have...

March 09, 2006

A Life Contained

I went to jail yesterday.I know the whole concept of me going to jail is...

March 08, 2006

Pray for the Stranger

On Sunday I had the great good fortune of attending the first meeting of a...

March 06, 2006

Touched

I find it more and more rare to get a moment of worship when I...

March 04, 2006

Pride

We began Lent a week early for the sole reason that we've started a series...

March 02, 2006

You’ve Got No Mail

For the first time in my life I totally know how Superman feels when he...

March 01, 2006

Fully Known . . . Fully Loved: a Meditation for Ash Wednesday

Honesty AlertThere are some thoughts in the following that are rather personally revealing. Some of...

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