The Diary of a Mad Pastor

Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent.  As a pastor, I almost hate to admit it, but I have a love/hate relationship with this season of...

One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns is called Now Thank We All Our God.  It was written back in the 1600s by a Lutheran pastor named...

Someone asked me the other day why I haven’t said much about the terror attacks in Israel or the Israeli response in Gaza.  I guess...

I hear stories all the time from people who have been hurt by the church in one way or another.  These groups are always close to my...

Do you remember the Bobby McFerrin classic, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? (You can thank me for the earworm later.)  “In every life,...

I realized it’s been a hot sec since I put a blog post out, so here goes.  For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot this week about...

I was raised to believe if I didn’t read my Bible, pray my bedtime prayers, and do the right things (don’t curse, don’t drink,...

In her book, Christianity for the Rest of Us, Diana Butler Bass shares this quote from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu: “In God’s...

Say the word, “church,” out in the community and you’re likely to get a lot of different reactions.  Some people love the church,...