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  • Annual Conference

    The church of which I am a part holds a conference each year where pastoral and lay (non-pastoral) leadership gather together to celebrate ministry and deal with various administrative issues as well as ordain new clergy.  This isn’t just one church, but representation for roughly 400 churches in Southern California plus several Pacific Island locations. …

  • New Amp!

    So I’m really excited…  I got a new guitar amp a few days ago and it flippin rocks! I’ve spoken with several guitar players that I respect a great deal.  They all had many things to say, and two of them were consistent with everyone: Go out and play some amps. Tubes. Tubes?  There are…

  • Summer Camps

    Have you ever had one of those days… one of those weeks… one of those months… one of those several-months-in-a-row where you feel like everything is happening at once?  Yeah, that’s us. So.  I did two summer camps this year, and while I was happily away frolicking with friends Beth and Cameron were working magic.  Not…

  • In the Car

    We’re in the car. Yes, right now. More on that in a minute. Beth started singing “He’s Got the Whole World,” using the pronoun “he.” To be obnoxious, I chimed in singing the song with the pronoun “she.” We ended up both getting mixed up and laughing while Cameron appeared mildly amused (and mostly disinterested)…

  • Drive-through Weirdness

    How come people drive up to the magic talking order-machine at a fast-food drive-through and open their door?  I really don’t understand this.  What’s wrong with putting down your window?  Are there really that many cars out there with busted windows?  Is there an epidemic? When I go through a drive-through, I put down my…

  • Sodom & Gomorrah

    I recently finished a paper on the biblical story of Sodom & Gomorrah.  I wanted to post it here because it’s been used recently and often as a way to marginalize the gay population, and I think it’s a bastardization of the text (at best!) and a completely inappropriate use of God’s word.  I offer it…

  • Santa Clarita UMC Video

    A friend asked that I post a video from preaching at Santa Clarita UMC on Sunday the 28th of December (that’s 2008 folks).  So here’s the video.  It’s long, so plan on spending around 25 minutes here.  The first part of the video is my arrangement of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” followed by…

  • Two Guitars??!?

    Holy expletives, Batman!!  I’ve never even heard of this before!!

  • Watch This Twice

    I was looking online at contemporary Christian music and I ran across this skit that was performed to a song that I know and like called “Never Alone” (by BarlowGirl).  I have to admit that this skit seemed dark and ill-conceived at first.  I’m really glad I chose to watch the whole thing! This skit is about…

  • Health Care in the World’s Richest Nation

    Beth’s been receiving bills lately. Now, I know that we all have to pay our bills. She’s been receiving bills from a doctor’s office because her insurance isn’t paying it. She received some lab services through her doctor’s office and it seems the insurance company didn’t think it would be important to test to see…