I’ve written in the past about some of the humorous things which have happened at the time of a funeral which I was leading. There was the time my funeral was interrupted by a minister who was looking for the funeral he was suppose to be leadings, the time a funeral coach needed boosting from…
Category: faith
A long obedience…
I finished Eugene Peterson’s classic book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, and found again this theme of God’s enduring call, our struggle to follow in a fallen world and the deep blessings that come from our faithful response to that call. I am reminded again that blessing is no guarantee of a way…
Life of the speaker
In a rather odd way, I have the opportunity to see into the world of two individuals who are on, what I call the speaker’s circuit. If you don’t understand that, it might be helpful for me to expand that out a bit. Obviously, President Obama is not one of the people I know who…
