Dear Benevolent Benefactor: As the veteran of 17+ years of dwelling in church offices, this shouldn’t surprise me. It really shouldn’t. In my first ministry position, my “office” was a glorified card table in the...
In case you’re not one of the three million Americans who have viewed this flippin’ amazing video, take 3:53 and watch it. I don’t even want to think about how long it took ’em to...
The French have done it again. A Parisian phone company has set up a “Dial-A-Confession” line where Roman Catholics can call in and purge their souls for a fee. You can ask for advice on...
We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
The scene: last Sunday, the Summit’s 12:30 service. We’re roughly three minutes into the message, and I’m sitting four rows back, right center section, settling in for Pastor J.D.’s weekly tirade against lasik surgery. Or...
No, I didn’t say tropical Tuesdays, although in this frigid climate that would be nice too. And I also don’t mean topical Tuesdays, as in, “Apply liberally three times daily until rash subsides.” Although if...
Forgive me, blogworld, for I haven’t penned. It has been seven days since my last post. Where have you been? Um, you know, around. Whatcha been doing? Oh, stuff. You’re going to need to be...
Hey guys, Valentine’s Day is coming up (no seriously, check the calendar!), and no doubt some of you have wives who will be celebrating a birthday soon. That’s why I’m glad to bring you the...
Here it is, the second annual Connective Tissue tradition known as the Year End Review (also affectionately known as My Brain Is Too Fried To Come Up With Anything Else Original, but let’s not get...
O Holy Night is one of my favorite Christmas songs ever. And whatever guy butchered this version is the greatest anonymous prankster to walk the earth. So gather the family, grab some egg nog, crank...
