It is the eve of the New Year and the eve’s eve of my last day of pastoring Circle of Hope in South Jersey. Tears fill my eyes as I write this sentence. I am sad, but trusting God in what is next. I wanted to offer a remembrance for me and for my congregation.ContinueContinue reading “Seven Memories Rising to the Surface as I Finish Seven Years of Pastoring”
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Top 7 Post of 2020
Here are the top 7 most read posts in 2020 on Today, If You Hear my Voice. I think they capture the year pretty well. Take a look back with me. 7. Laughable Abundance: a story for your bouyancy One of the best things that happened in 2020 in my life was the formation ofContinueContinue reading “Top 7 Post of 2020”
Top 5 Posts of 2019 on “Today, if You Hear My Voice”
Dear Readers, The year, of course, is winding down so let’s look back on the past twelve months of “Today, if you hear my voice:” I named my blog after Hebrews 3 in which the author meditates on the necessity to tend our hearts to keep them soft. It seems that hearts harden so quickly.ContinueContinue reading “Top 5 Posts of 2019 on “Today, if You Hear My Voice””
I Got Kicked off of Camden County College’s Campus Today
Yep, you heard that right. I got kicked off of Camden County College’s Blackwood Campus today for hanging out with students who I met while holding a sign that said “Tell Me your Story.” The head of security asked me to leave because I was not an authorized guest. I asked him how I could beContinueContinue reading “I Got Kicked off of Camden County College’s Campus Today”
Holy, Holy Geese
I don’t think I can tell people enough that in Celtic iconography the Holy Spirit is often represented as a wild goose. To the Celts of ancient Ireland and Scotland, Ah Geadh-Glas (Wild Goose) was a more apt description of their experience of the Holy Spirit. How caged and docile is your experience with the HolyContinueContinue reading “Holy, Holy Geese”
Today, if you hear his voice 