How it Started: In January I wrote about why I decided to stay United Methodist. To date, it is my most-read blog post ever. And that...

Last month I started doing something on social media that might confuse some people. I have been sharing art: typically, three works of...

On February 5, 2023, the church that I’ve been a member of for 40 years – the church where I have attended and served for as long as I...

There is a lot of confusion and uncertainty right now around what’s happening in and around the United Methodist Church, and all the buzz...

For my 22nd birthday, my college roommate bought me an unexpected gift. It was a critter-keeper; clear with a green plastic lid, inside...

About ten years ago, we unintentionally started a family tradition. Let me explain. I was already a fan of the Walking Dead universe,...

I consider myself to be a positive person – an optimist – an overall happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I believe that there are far too many...

The morning of 9/11, I was working at Diagraph in Herrin (the old building out in the wildlife refuge). We heard the news breaking on the...

A few months ago, I received a text message at work. It was news that I wasn’t prepared for. It said that one of my old classmates from...

I realize that by this time of the year (one week in) many New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned, lost, forgotten, or at least...

Back in college, a friend of a friend gave me a cassette with PJ Harvey’s Dry album on one side and Rid of Me on the other. We did that...

Are you spending all of your time online reading and sharing overtly biased clickbait, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and hateful...

Like Crash Davis said in the movie Bull Durham, “we’re dealing with a lot of shit.” An unprecedented virus is still sweeping across the...

Standing in line is not my thing. Sometimes doing the things I want to do require overcoming my own introverted nature. But at least I...