Easter Writing Project 2012

It was a Methodist church; a United Methodist Church to be more specific. The Sunday school question was “what part […]

The single most liberating moment of my ministry was saying yes to the call from First Christian Church in Lynchburg,

According to the gospel of Tina Fey, “the fun is always on the other side of a ‘yes.’ In her

Pastor of Christ’s Church, Anywhere, USA: “Hey, Derek! How’s it going? I’ve seen what you guys are doing at your

He fumed about gay (white) men being the most oppressed group in the Disciples because our version of middle management

For several years I have volunteered as director of a ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and I

Last year, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the biennial Disciples Seminarians Conference at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville.

My wife and I live in a small town outside of Memphis. We both had a daughter and son when

In just a couple of weeks, I will perform a wedding.  It’s going to be a grand celebration.  Plans have

I am a person of privilege.  Not so much based on my finances—although, there too if I allow myself any perspective—but

As I considered contributing to this important project, I was taken back to the same type of reflection that led

As I sat in church last Sunday, watching as the families file in and take their places in the pews,