Oh, the places you’ll go!
It’s graduation time. Which means it’s commencement address time. I don’t know what university officials ask for from a commencement speaker. My suspicion is that if you’re asking Steve Jobs to come speak, all you can really say is something…
Knowing is for What?
There’s a sermon series this summer. Or is it a book? Something that the church is doing all together. Reading together maybe. What’s the deal? Is this just an effort to keep us all busy? To keep our minds active…
Green Tolkien
Over the past couple of Sundays, Bill has been quoting from a book with a particularly compelling title: Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (by Matthew Dickerson & Jonathan Evans). Just when you think you’ve begun…
Where does your church meet again?
It’s a drive for most. And for some, quite a trek. Tucked away in Barton Creek among the golf courses, greenbelts, and housing developments is this thing we call our church. But it’s also a Catholic school. And a gymnasium….
9:30 AM?
9:30 AM worship service. The opportunity costs are staggering. One could be sleeping, or otherwise easing into the day – coffee in hand. Reading the paper. Walking the dog. Even gardening (inasmuch as you've been motivated by the recent sermon…
Communication
All Saints has the opportunity to improve our communication to the congregation (and beyond). At least, that’s one way to put it. More often than not, the opportunity to communicate well feels more like a challenge; and a significant one…
Everywhere and nowhere
I’m not that old. Some would even say young. Just turned 33. And yet I was a junior in college when I sent my first email. Around that time, a close friend explained that it was possible to see images…