For the first time ever, l will not be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday. After a lifetime of being a football fan, I have lost interest in the game. Football no longer is a fun diversion for me. I began questioning my love of football in 2010, the year 21-year-old University of Penn football player…
Caitlyn Jenner appeared yesterday on the season premiere of Ellen. I remembered a blog post that I wrote for “The Pastoral is Political” at RevGalBlogPals right after (then) Bruce Jenner’s interview with Diane Sawyer. Since then, she is now Caitlyn, and gay couples can get married in every state in the United States, including Louisiana. All…
Today, my friend and colleague Rev. Pam McGrath reminded me of this post that was published in August 2013 in Political Theology Today. * * * * * * * * A few months ago, I celebrated the 20th anniversary of my ordination to pastoral ministry. A few weeks later, I wore a clergy collar for…
I mean it. Literally. A door to the pastor’s study, made of glass. Big, see-through glass. The solid wood door is the standard door for the pastor’s study. A pastor’s solid wood door stands guard, protecting confidentiality, privacy, sacred space, even secrecy. The solid wood door says, “What goes on in here is entrusted completely…
Tidings of Comfort & Joy 