Easter Writing Project 2012

Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.-Acts 4:29 I am a

While teaching a group of cadets for the Nashville Sheriff’s Office regarding cross-gender supervision of inmates, I realized that there

We Disciples give a lot of authority to the Bible. Our tradition has looked to the Bible for guidance on

I typically use the lectionary to preach from.  Presently, I am preparing to preach on Philip baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch

I wear many hats in my life. I am a physician, specifically a family medicine doctor specializing in nursing home

It happened at the end of a long meeting, one of many that I had that week, at my beloved

There he sits, in the chair that seems to be reserved for this purpose, the one in my office where

I think a lot about the concept of “voice.” Even though I’ve been among the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came

Less than a day after North Carolina voted to legally discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and before President Obama declared

I was on the mission trip when I had a conversation with a man named…well lets say Bert.  Bert ended

In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), as in many other denominations I am sure, church camp is a formative