Several years ago, our family was coming home one evening during Advent. While driving home, we looked up and saw the most impossible sight. There was a cross shining miles away, high in the sky. We were perplexed. We considered all the ways this could be. We altered our evening plans and decided, on a …
How Else Will They Know?
My brother and I used to do these goofy plays. Don't think Shakespeare in the living room. This was more like SNL. Anyway, the big ending to one of our plays was, "Somebody must tell them!" said very dramatically to the audience with great pause. (Then my brother would say, "The Meme!" which we thought …
Affirm Their Worth
So, what is this common courtesy business? Well, I consider it a spiritual discipline. In fact, this spiritual discipline is more difficult for me than prayer, fasting, Scripture reading, hospitality- anything else. When God first started working on my heart about common grace, you could feel my soul yelling, "Anything but this!" Seriously. Some people …
Common Courtesy
Common courtesy. Small talk. A smile. Giving a little of your time to make the day of a stranger a little better. On the one hand, we gravitate toward stories of the small "random acts of kindness". We post them on social media. They might bring a tear to our eye. But when it is …
Am I Crazy?
Of course the answer to that question is almost always yes, otherwise, I wouldn't need to ask. But really, am I crazy or are people seeming nicer these days? Are people seeming to come out of their narcissism or cynicism or what ever kind of -ism they find themselves, and notice the whole world around …
So, Someone You Know Is Pregnant…
So, someone you know or just met is having a baby or just had a baby. Here on some tips to keep them from possibly harming you from saying or doing the exact wrong thing. My editor (The Pastor) has insisted I put up some disclaimers to avoid hurt feelings- yours and mine. **Disclaimer #1- …
The Day The Comments Wouldn’t Quit
Remember that time when I said I was going to blog the annoying things people say to me so I don't go crazy on people in public? No. Well, I said it. At some point. People aren't always mean. In fact, last week, a few days before Christmas, a lady came and asked me if …
She Said What?!
People can be stupid. People can be especially stupid to me. I'm not sure what about me attracts the mean/dumb/insensitive comments from strangers. Maybe it is because I look like I need dumb advice. Maybe it is the 4 kids swirling around me. Maybe people are just dumb. Whatever the cause might be, I decided …
Notes From the Parsonage 