Musings and More!
Speaking of Sitting in Pews…
True story.
It was Easter Sunday and the church was full.
This was back in the old days when folks used to go out and buy new clothes for Easter – dresses and hats for the women and girls, suits and ties for the men and boys. The sanctuary [READ MORE]
“He Who Poop in Church Must Sit in Own Pew”
Oh my gosh! This Sunday is the silliest day in the Church Calendar!
As the cabbage patch pastor once said, “Lettuce pray.”
It’s “Holy Humor Sunday!”
Get ready to tell jokes, play pranks and burst out laughing in church!
That is, IF your church celebrates the ancient tradition!
Yes, I said “ancient tradition.”
Churches [READ MORE]
“No, Honey, You Did Not Kill Jesus”
She grew up a Jewish girl in a Catholic neighborhood. She was not a Christian, but she loved Jesus. I mean, who wouldn’t love Jesus? Just listen to the Gospel stories about his amazing loving life and you can’t help but love him. And she did.
She was disappointed when her little girlfriends [READ MORE]
Maundy (not Monday) Thursday
“What a strange holiday!” I thought.
MONDAY Thursday!
Is it Monday celebrated on Thursday, or Thursday on Monday? And if we have Monday Thursday, why not Tuesday Saturday? Or Sunday Wednesday?
Christianity seen through the eyes of a child can be so confusing!
So I – along with others, I suspect – spent the [READ MORE]
The Lonely Road
Holy Week.
Yesterday, we Christians observed Palm Sunday. Remembering the day Jesus was paraded into the Holy City just before his arrest and murder, we waved palm branches in the air and shouted “Hosanna!” which means “Save us now!” What appeared at first to be the beginning of the end for Rome’s [READ MORE]
Riding the Tail of the Dragon
The Tail of the Dragon is a famous (or should we say “infamous?”) eleven mile stretch of U.S. 129 winding from Tennessee to North Carolina. Starting at the Tabcat Creek Bridge in Blount County, TN the Dragon winds its way through the Great Smoky Mountains to Deal’s Gap, NC. A [READ MORE]
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!
Haven’t written anything in a while.
I’ve been on vacation.
Since I’m retired and retirement is sort of like being on vacation ALL the time I guess you could say I took a vacation from my vacation. Now I’m back home and totally tuckered out from traveling, touring and drinking Margaritas. So I’m [READ MORE]
Musing About Muse and Keeping Up With My Grandson
No one’s going to take me alive
Time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
My grandson Ryan is 13. He’s a great kid. Great son and grandson. Great brother. Great student. Great musician. Ryan plays guitar, drums, [READ MORE]
On Being Elderly
The TV news this morning blared out a headline that “an elderly couple” was injured in a car wreck somewhere near here. Auto accidents are so common in these parts that the wreck didn’t really register with me.
But the words “elderly couple” crashed into me like a head-on collision.
What exactly constitutes an “elderly” [READ MORE]
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Churches I’ve Served
Holy Trinity United Methodist Church
Danvers, MA – 1971-74
First Congregational Church (Oldtown)
North Attleboro, MA – 1974-89
Greendale Peoples Church
Worcester, MA – 1989-1996
Tellico Village Community Church
Loudon, TN – 1996-2014