Pastor's Log. Stardate July 29 2008:After spanning more than (1,200) miles over the weekend, attending a Nazarene wedding, Lutheran funeral and Methodist worship services we are home. I'll fill you in on some of the details shortly.In memory of all the sitting we've endured the past few da...
You know I love stand-up. Here is a classic. In honor of Gloria's dentist appointment this morni...
Okay, that title is the furthest thing from the truth. I hate spinach and I have never seen a cowboy wear baggy jeans with his hat slightly tilted. However, I do live in the Cowboy Capital of the World and yesterday I visited the Spinach Capital of the World.I visited FUMC there as part of the internship I have with our conference. My understanding from previous conversations was that I would have to be there a full weekend. So, when the pastor called...
I have begun the process of packing the office--pray for me! The big problem for me is as I'm going through folders and books I start reading and writing on or about what I'm supposed to be packing. That doesn't help me in my quest for a packing time world record.In October 2003 I graduated from being an exploring candidate to a declared candidate for ministry. One of the items I came across was a letter written to my PPRC (our church hasn't promoted the...
It didn't turn out to be a normal date. Actually, Gloria and I felt like we were in high school again. One thing Mom always said, "You can take your sister(s)." So, on many of our outings as a couple we had 1-4 kids with us. When we went to see Boyz II Men last night (7.10.08) we had Nathan with us. At times I couldn't decide what was louder: the music blaring from the speakers about 20 feet from us or Nathan yelling in my ear "Is this their last song?!"We...
So, you've been asked to be liturgist. As your worst fear would be, you get a reading with a bunch of names you're not sure how to pronounce. In this situation feel free to take the advice I have given to all our liturgists facing this "wish it happened to (fill in name)last week" traumatic event: Read it like you know how to say it. Don't take a pause for breath right before you say it. Don't try to muffle your way through it. Don't give the first three...
This book is making its way around our church. It was passed on to me as "something John's gotta read." I wouldn't usually take time to read something like this. Its not anything negative about reading memoirs, novels or anything like that. Actually, reading is difficult for me, and since it is, if its not a textbook or required reading for a class, I will usually only focus on material that is more church/ministry related. That said, I'm really glad...
Today begins my last class at UTSA. Of course, I'm still interning at the conference office, but that's been kind of slow. Actually, now that I'll be in San Antonio everyday, I'll be able to be at there more. Keep me in your prayers as we prepare for the move. I have no idea what to pack first in my office (though I already kind of went through that before), and on top of that I still have several weekend trips that need to be made. Time can make a crunch...
It was a year ago in May The Blog That Ties switched over to the Blogger platform and got a new look. So, in what looks to be, so far, like a yearly tradition, there will be some layout changes in the next few days. You might notice the use of labels; I had to go back a do that for each post since I hadn't done a good job up until now.I'm still looking for that picture to keep on the header. I'll be on the lookout for something appropriately inappropriate...
