When senators and other political leaders are praying and rejoicing that the big beautiful Bill passed, a bill that will literally take away basic needs from humanity, God’s creation, that was called good… that is the very definition of taking the Lord‘s name in vain.

You never know how much stuff you have until you have to pack it all up and move.

It’s really hard to think that my dog used to live outside because he is terrified of thunderstorms.

No better way to remember my mortality than by having an allergic reaction in the middle of the night.

My brain does not function after three pm.

I would like to thank whoever made the Lenten playlist at discipleship ministries. You have helped me lay out my whole Lenten series.

Life after seminary is hours long phone with your durhome roommates.

My college roommate turned 30 today. I turn 30 in May. Now I’m feeling old.

The nerd in me just had a conversation with a friend about the Wesleyan Way to Salvation using the Super Mario franchise to explain Grace.

You know you’re a dyslexic Methodist pastor when you’re writing a prevenient grace talk for Emmaus and you keep writing “preventing grace” and still read it as prevenient.

No one said Amen after my sermon today and I’m taking that as the spirit is stirring in them instead of thinking they didn’t like it.

I love when I can use my extensive knowledge of Disney Channel Original Movies as in sermons.

Valentine’s Day self care looked like:
Oil change
Nails
Used Bookstore trip
Puppy snuggles with Chase.

My toxic trait is that I go into my local book store and don’t by books but talk to the employees for an hour during the workday about onyx storm.

Went to see Matilda the Musical Last night and now all I can think about is how Ms. Trunchbull and Donald Trump have a lot in common.

Grateful to lead a congregation that I am able to lament with over our current political climate. Many of my colleagues don’t have this luxury.

You know you have a good community of friends when you have all the streaming services but only pay for one of them.

I think we need to go back to kindergarten and re learn the phrase “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”

Check your instas people. POTUS and the VP used meta to make everyone follow them.

Today’s been a really good day to clean out my Facebook friends list.

A poem for reflection, 01/20/24: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes. poets.org/poem/let-ame...

It has been nine month since general conference and I still have church members bringing up disaffiliation

By the end on this month I will have had 5 charge conferences in the 1.5 years of my appointment. That’s 5 more charge conferences than I’ve had funerals.

This. is. so. important.

Went to a dance performance of the nativity and it felt like one of those Mega Church Christmas services where people are flyer everywhere.

Tell me you live in a small town without telling me you live in a small town.

I’ll go first .

There was a ribbon cutting today for the new firehouse subs that was built.

Sometimes I tell my dogs name when he’s sleeping because I think he has stopped breathing

I have so many sermon series/Bible Study ideas around Anime and I just do think the congregation with a median age of 80 would get it.

I made Christmas Crack (toffee crackers)

Me in a group text with a colleague

Me: do you want some crack?
Her: ummmmm
Me: CHRISTMAS CRACK
Her: ummmmmm
Me: I’ll take that as a yes.

😅

Don’t play bingo with me because I will show a not good side of myself