Years ago, I decided to accept my limitations. Having had conversations like this with youth, I recognize how defeated that sounds. But the opposite is true. When I made that decision, I didn’t defeat myself. I freed myself. I relate it to a childhood conversation I had with my mom once. She told me…
COVID forced our clergy convocation online again this year. I do miss gathering with my colleagues. As a United Methodist pastor myself, these other pastors are my church. They are the people I see year in and year out as we serve our conference together. I’ve known many of them since before I became…
My wife and I received our COVID-10 vaccine this morning. We went to a county drive-through vaccination site. In total, by the time we pulled up twenty minutes before our appointment and left fifteen minutes after the shot, we were there about fifty minutes. One of my first thoughts went to my homebound members.…