This was a very unusual Sunday morning for me. I awoke to discover that I have ‘pink eye’ and, after a conversation with a nurse in the congregation, concluded that it was the contagious kind. The good news was that I was not preaching today; our student associate was scheduled to preach. So at the [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Church Attendance
Posted in Church Attendance, Religion, tagged Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Religion on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Children in the Church
Posted in Autism, Children, Children and Prayer, Compton Heights Christian Church (DOC), Urban Church, tagged Children on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the gifts of being a pastor is to share in the joy of children. In the life-cycle of our congregations we inevitably move through times with more children and times with fewer children. Wherever we are in that cycle, the congregation may be vital in its life and ministry. We need not fall [...]
Pastor’s Lectionary Study Group
Posted in Friendship, Lectio Divina, Lectionary, Religion, Religious Community, Urban Church, community, tagged Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Compton Heights Christian Church, Religion on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like many pastors, I meet weekly with an ecumenical group of colleagues for lectionary study. This is not the first wonderful group of this kind in my years of ministry; I’ve been fortunate to participate in three of these. This group meets on Tuesday mornings at 8:30, rotating our gatherings between our different church buildings. [...]
