Five Liturgies for the Christmas Season from Every Moment Holy
A Liturgy for the Wrapping of Christmas Gifts by Wayne Garvey and Douglas McKelvey O Great Giver of All Good Gifts, I sit amongst rolls...
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May 18, 2008
Murfreesboro Awakenings
Many thanks to the fine folks at Trinity UMC in Murfreesboro, TN last night for hosting me a second time. This was originally scheduled...
May 14, 2008
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I’m going to tell you about a Cool Thing. What is this Cool Thing, you ask? It’s called Tokens. It’s a radio show in the vein of A...
May 12, 2008
On the Table: Late to the Party
Remember parachute pants? Man, I hated those things and everyone that wore them irritated me–until the day I bought a pair and realized...
May 6, 2008
“Keep Your Eyes Open” – Finding God Where You Least Expect Him
My wife has a gift for spotting pheasants when we are driving. It’s a skill she learned from her dad and I’m always amazed at how she can...
Apr 29, 2008
An Interview: On the Edge of the Dark Lake of Michigan
Hey, folks. Today I had a radio interview with Cindy Swanson of 101 QFL, a station in Rockford, Illinois. Here’s a link to her blog,...
Apr 24, 2008
Taming the Toad: A Piece of Fiction
When I was fourteen, after Mom died and Dad had gone his way, my grandmother sent me to live at a group home in northern Florida. All...
Apr 22, 2008
Derek Webb’s Sickness / My Gain
Last week I benefited from Derek Webb’s sickness. Derek lost his voice and had a fever and hives and seven corns on the knuckles of his...
Apr 11, 2008
The Old and the New
Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to the students at Lipscomb University, here in Nashville, for a convocation series called...
Apr 8, 2008
Encounters With Angels
I remember as a kid hearing stories about guardian angels that excited my imagination and kept me vigilantly on the lookout for angels I...
Apr 3, 2008
The Hardest Part
Mother Nature enjoys a good April Fool’s joke as much as anyone, I guess, and after days of springtime warmth we got hit with another big...
Mar 10, 2008
Hayden McGuffin and the Skinny Chicken
“Make that chicken as big as the paper will let you,” urged Miss Coates, “and remember that your audience needs bold, full color, hefty...
Feb 19, 2008
The Zoo We Live In
Through a glorious but all too brief break in the typical winter weather pattern here in middle Tennessee, I took my family to the...
Jan 30, 2008
(Not) Trading Spaces
Twelve hours ago I wanted to be right where you are now. Better yet, I just didn’t want to be where I was. I didn’t want to be what I was...
Jan 29, 2008
Alabama at Midnight
I crossed the Tennessee River at precisely 12:30am. I know this because I happened to glance at the green-glowing dashboard clock while...
Jan 20, 2008
The Hard Part (II)
I as said I would a few weeks ago, I dug out my dusty old query letter and put it under the microscope. I gave it a few tweaks, tightened...
Jan 7, 2008
Theolo-vision(tm), or, How to Win a Free CD from the RR Store
So let’s make this fun. How many bizarre ways can you interpret things to be about the Gospel, Christ, or Christianity in general? We’ll...
Jan 6, 2008
A Ladder, a Ledge and a Window: Thoughts on Joy
If you ever have the opportunity to visit Jerusalem, and you find yourself at the church of the Holy Sepulcher—one of the possible sites...
Jan 3, 2008
The Hard Part
A few years ago I decided to stop talking about writing a book and actually wrote one. If you had asked me before writing it what I...
Dec 29, 2007
What’s Really Important Here?
2008 beckons. For many years I’ve reserved the week between Christmas and New Years Day as a week to think and plan. It’s a time I use...
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