My mother pastored a small country church when I was a teenager 20+ years ago.  Female pastors were rare in SouthEast Ohio then, but most of the church was related to her then-husband.  Now the church needs a pastor again.  I was thinking about applying, but this morning I was remembering my teenage years there & now I'm not sure if I'ld be a good ( Read more... )

Got a long list of things on my plate ATM.  That's probably a good thing, else I'ld get bored.

• Getting ready to put in a big garden - it's expensive to feed 3 teenagers...
• Got 12 more chicks (hopefully hens!) to replace the ones that were decapitated
• The first 3 weekends of April (plus the 2 weeks in between), the ministry that ordained me is having ( Read more... )

I'm not normally a sports fan, but I like this story from my home turf: http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Fennville-advances-in-first-game-without-fallen-?urn=highschool-331012. A few days ago, the star player in Fennville, MI had a heart attack after a game. Instead of bowing out of the play-offs, the team decided to play ( Read more... )

San Francisco was an interesting place to visit, but I would NOT want to live there. My inner otter enjoyed the Bay with its wharfs, piers, boats, seafood... However, downtown SF is very congested & crowded. Even though Columbus is also a big city, it has a different feel to it, perhaps because it's so spread out ( Read more... )

I just got back from a business trip to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. It's a nice, newer building that sits on the banks of the Mississippi. I was really impressed by their security and their cafeteria. One day when I was eating lunch there, we saw an eagle fly down the river ( Read more... )

SwiftFox's post of his SantaFox poem reminded me of the furry lullaby I wrote for my son. I just sung it to him last night when he had trouble settling down to sleep. It uses the same tune as the traditional Lullaby ( Read more... )

Next Saturday the 30th at 11AM, my wife & I are leading worship (AKA playing music & singing) at the House of His Presence (http://www.houseofhispresence.com/) at 13 Pride St, Pittsburgh, near the new Consul Arena & Duquesne Univ. If you're near the Burgh, stop by and listen.

I had an interesting dream last night. I dreamt that Josh Gates and his team from SyFy channel's Destination Truth were investigating paranormal claims at a big historic stone mansion. As usual, they spent all night investigating and videotaping the mansion and found the usual, questionable evidence, like unexplained sounds and flashes of light ( Read more... )

I'm tired of flaky Christianiy. The website www.wecanknow.com exemplifies the weirdness and bad logic that can come from religiosity taken to the extreme ( Read more... )

Summer always seems to bring busy work & weirdness. We're usually busy outside with 4-6 kids, 6 acres, swimming pool, horse, 10 chickens, 3 ducks & 6 cats ( Read more... )