Pastoral Meanderings

Only a fool would insist that all technology is bad or that it has had a unhealthy influence upon us and our society.  Like anything and everything, technology must be judged on its merits.  That might even be a universal statement except that the merits...

In a recent conversation I explored with a few other pastors the heightened attention given to little traditions, especially at the Christmas season.  Some complain about this, about the often rigid expectations of those who show up in church on Christmas...

I have few books of great worth monetarily but many whose value is beyond the coin invested in paper, ink, and binding.  In fact, it embarrasses me how cheap great books are in paperback reprint or the worn pages of an old volume for sale by a used bookseller...

Living in the digital world of today, the phone has become something more than a mere means of communication.  It is so much more essential than our computers, pens, and paper.  Computer programs are not more and in their place is the vocabulary of apps...