So, its taken a bit longer, but I’m going to try to wrap up these 10 conversations…Two left to go. As I started to think about this question, I thought of a survey that made its way around the internet a few weeks back about iPad owners.  I don’t know how “scientific” the survey is, [...]

Talk about a hard question to answer…the others to this point have been ones that could be more at a distance – reflections upon more external issues, but with some measure of an internal.  This one is more focused on me and the ways that I have been created, gifted, the experiences I have gained, [...]

As noted in my last post, I am going to try to work through the ten conversation questions that Wheatley poses beginning with the first, and also the most vexing of her questions.  The rest, while excellent and thorough questions, each seem far more straightforward than this initial one.  Do I feel a vocation to [...]

I am in one of my book manic modes.  I go in cycles of reading.  Some times I read a ton, some times I feel like it has been a year since I opened one.  Well, I am in one of those where I can’t get enough of the printed word.  I just finished a [...]

I think that the subtitle for this book does a great disservice to the content of the book itself.  I received Thy Kingdom Connected and honestly thought, great, here’s another one of those ‘how to’ type books for church leaders where the author simply walks people through what facebook is, how the internet works, how [...]

I often am asked what books I would recommend to help in one’s faith journey.  I’ve been thinking a good bit about this the last few weeks and have come up with an initial list.  Feel free to add books you might recommend as well. These books represent some different periods in my journey, so [...]

There have been few Sundays in my time as a pastor here or in Sioux Falls that I looked forward to with greater anticipation and excitement than October 11.  Our Be the Church Service Sunday was setting up to be a wondrous experience of God at work within us and through us.  I was excited [...]

Well, I have finally finished my first Barbara Brown Taylor book.  I have started many of her books before, but until this one, I had never finished.  Not sure why, but it is just how it happened.  Rev. Taylor is a wonderful writer with some wonderful spiritual insights, but I had just not connected well [...]

This week, we are focusing on the side of Jesus that I have called “The Pray-er”.  Its not the best statement grammatically, but it does represent the fact that prayer was a core part of Jesus life and ministry.  Nearly thirty times in the four Gospels, Jesus is spoken of as praying or going to [...]

A friend of mine sent me a link to a story called “Amish Hackers”.  Its a pretty long article, so be sure you have some time to get through it.  Anyway, its a discussion of the complex relationship that Amish people have with technology.  Its a fascinating read, especially if you have ever lived in [...]