I’ve been thinking.  As much as I would like to think otherwise, I have come to admit that I am purely Western in how I process things and I crave consistency, order and logic.  I have also come to realize that because of this, my voice will not usually be the first out of the [...]

I have kept a blog in one form or another for about seven years.  It has been wonderful way to communicate, share, and ask questions.  I actually started blogging for St Timothy’s before I even arrived in Winston-Salem and over the past four years, I feel there has been great fruit harvested from the conversations [...]

Bet that got your attention!  The title of this post came from a conversation yesterday with Christin Barnhardt.  ”How can we encourage more singing?”  ”How can we encourage more folks to explore their gifts by committing to the choir?”  This conversation was spurred on by one I had a day earlier, having lunch with two [...]

I was talking with a old and good friend this morning about our experiences as youth ministers.  In point of fact my friend was my youth minister over 20 years ago.  My first job in the church was as a youth minister 15 years ago.  The question for today was – were we successful?

Yesterday’s blog post has initiated a fair amount of conversation on Facebook and via email and I’m thankful.  It is a wonderful thing to have a good and healthy discourse on matters of faith and practice.  Here are some more points to ponder.

In 1845 John Henry Newman (theological giant to both Anglicans and [...]

One of the resolutions before diocesan convention this weekend concerns the reception of the Holy Eucharist by those who aren’t baptized.  In all fairness, the resolution doesn’t come right out and say that but the text of the resolution asks for a study to see if any amendments need to be made to Canon I.17.7.  [...]