The God’s Honest Truth About “Revival”

February 16, 2023.Reading time 19 minutes.

It’s likely that mainline United Methodists are only vaguely aware of the “revival” happening at United Methodist-adjacent Asbury College. But it’s an event that evangelicals across denominational lines can’t stop talking about, and so I’ll jump in a bit today. Let me start with my primary ending point: If “revivals” are not a part of […]

Jesse Jackson Had It Right

August 7, 2019.Reading time 52 minutes.

I voted for Ronald Reagan twice to be president. The next time I could vote, I voted for Jesse Jackson. If I was to write the story of my spiritual, social, and political transformation in two short sentences, those two would be it. Those two sentences are the metaphor for a social transformation that continues […]

New Specs. New Headshot.

April 7, 2014.Reading time less than 1 minute.

–30–

April 7, 2014.Reading time 13 minutes.

This is a repost from Facebook of a game Alan Gann got me playing….where you write on a particular year in your life. It’s fascinating that Alan Gann assigned me “30” for the age to write about. Because it was a memorable year. I don’t even need to re-read journals to remember. When it started, […]

The Down Elevator

January 11, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Leaving the hospital with my father-in-law just now, we shared an elevator down with an evangelical/Bible Church preacher. I’ve done enough hospital visits over twenty years to be able to pick them out. He was a short man. A foot shorter than me. Stocky. Built like an NFL linebacker. How did I know he was […]

Extra Beats

May 15, 2013.Reading time 13 minutes.

Ever since my medical tests last week, I’ve been visited by a vague and unsettled feeling. A restlessness of a sort. It’s a feeling that something’s changed even though, technically, nothing has. It’s not physical. Physically? I’m great. In fact, I’m better-than-great. I mean, what a gift to know (as the cardiologist said) my arteries […]

All Is Well

May 8, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

The incredible news of yesterday was no blockages!!!The doc said the arterties were “clear as the day you were born,” and the nurse called them “textbook.” YES!! Here’s the video… So, that means some kind of electrical problem with “extra” beats in between the regular cycle of beats.The doc is not worried about it […]

Stuff Happening With Me

May 7, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Tuesday morning, I will go in for an angiogram on my heart. This results from a series of tests that docs have been running on me in the past few weeks. It started with the recognition by my primary care doc that the electrical circuitry in my heart appeared to be off. (Just a routine […]

How I Spent My 50th Birthday

September 21, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.

Man, I always love Facebook on my birthday. So far today, a ridiculous 400* posts on my page, not counting the private messages and comments. It’s so awesome to just allow that to wash over me. Thank you, everyone. Personal friends from all along the road…The good and wonderful folks at Northaven…Minister friends…Musicians friends…Justice-seekers…Political friends… […]

My iPod’s Most Listened To Songs for 2011

January 1, 2012.Reading time 32 minutes.

It’s New Year’s Eve, which means it’s that time again. Time for the yearly peek at my iPod/iPhone for the “most played” songs for 2011. As with most years, there’s a delicious assortment here. The fun is in looking at the list and determining exactly why these songs made the list, and remembering the times […]