Farewell Facebook
Here is a copy of what I posted on Facebook today. Keep checking in here for more posts and thoughts in the near future. I’m emerging from my writing hiatus! For a fair number of years I have used Facebook…
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Uncertainty Can Be a Guiding Light
These lyrics to an obscure U2 song titled “Zooropa” from 1993 have been a mantra to me as of late. Since late last summer I knew that God was calling me into a season of deep discernment. I had started seeing…
280 Years of Ticking
Today, being May 24, Methodists pause for a moment to remember John’s Wesley’s experience at Aldersgate Street on this evening 280 years ago. It was here that John’s Wesley’s “heart was strangely warmed.” Many describe this as his conversation experience.…
Moving Along
On Sunday, May 13, I announced that I would be leaving as the Lead Pastor of the First UMC of San Diego. The news was unexpected for my congregation and even, for myself. Making the situation even more strange is…