Service Type: Sunday Morning

  As most of you know, I spent several years before I was called into the ministry working as a chef.  During that time, I discovered that one of my…

  I gotta tell you, one of the blessings of being a pastor at any church is getting to spend time with the kids.  A few years back, at a…

  I want to begin this morning with a little, “what if.”  What if your house was on fire and you only had three minutes to get things out of…

  I have to confess, I’m a bit of a fantasy-nerd.  That is to say that I enjoy books like the Wheel of Time, Dune and the Lord of the…

  It was this past year that I learned something interesting.  The woman who first came up with and advocated for Mother’s Day, came to detest it.  The reason –…

Doubting Thomas It was in my first church I got a taste of hard skepticism. It was the kind of case that would make rookie preacher sweat An 8-year-old named…

  One of my mentors as I was preparing for the pastorate was Rev. Steve Eason at Myers Park Presbyterian Church.  As part of my duties there, I participated in…

Parties My family does celebrations well. Now that my mom is moving to assisted living, gone are the two houses where I’ve celebrated Christmas and Easter and the 4th of…