A potent mix (religion and politics)

My “column” for our church’s e-newsletter tomorrow: A new pastor is usually pretty skittish with the initial sermons s/he preaches at her/his first church.  Is it theologically sound?  Will the people fall asleep?  Will I be able to do it again next...

Analyze this

I did a pretty major thing (for me, anyway) about a year ago. I started going to counseling. I don’t know why I call it counseling. One could call it therapy, I suppose, but counseling, to me, sounds more palatable. Which is something else I need to work on, I...