Towson, MD
September 15, 2019
I couldn’t tell you what made me feel at home. Maybe it was the sound of the waves against the pink Mull granite, or the smell of the wood stove. Maybe it was the candlelight against the white-washed stone walls, or the smell of scones with Black Currant jam in the Common Room of the […]
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September 1, 2019
Growing up, my childhood Pastor, Tom Nelson, loved leading our confirmation class. As we gathered in our Neon Green youth group room, in overstuffed, indestructible couches, Pastor Tom shared how beautiful of a gift it was to take time away to learn, discern, and grow in wisdom. For those of you who didn’t grow […]
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August 18, 2019
“Why aren’t the kids from the Rio Grande Valley coming to Mo Ranch for camp?” It was a simple enough question that the camp staff thought they probably already knew the answer too. Was the cost of camp too high? Were the kids too busy with sports and summer jobs to take a week to […]
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August 11, 2019
Opening prayer: Dear Jesus, We are your instruments. Help us to play the music of compassion, love, understanding and perseverance. Remind us often that whatever we do for the least of our brothers and sisters it is the same as doing it for you. Amen One Sunday last October, I was driving […]
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July 28, 2019
“You are family now.” It was our last day of day camp in the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood, and Miss Phillis was reflecting on the week. There had been challenges, but also the growth of relationships with the children and parents of the community. Miss Phillis wanted to make sure we knew that we were more than […]
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July 7, 2019
As someone who cares deeply about the welfare of children, hearing about the inhuman and reprehensible conditions child refugee seekers are experiencing at our southern border has shaken me to my core. Children continue to be separated from their parents, and held illegally for more than 72 hours, instead of being released to family members […]
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June 30, 2019
Life at our house can be interesting at times. A unique blend of immaturity and revenge. For absolutely no reason other than channeling my inner little boy I would hide behind a piece of furniture or a wall waiting for Carol to walk by and when she did…well, jump our and scare her. At no […]
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June 23, 2019
It was an innocuous enough question; “Is it really a good use of time for a senior pastor to be having tea with folks when there is so much to do? Isn’t that a better job for an associate pastor, or a volunteer?” I was in one of my many pastoral care courses with the […]
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June 16, 2019
Good morning! I’m so happy to be with you this morning. Last week we celebrated two momentous occasions- Pentecost, and the fact that we all remembered to get here half an hour early! Before we dig into this passage, I wanted to take a minute to wish all of the fathers represented here a happy […]
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June 9, 2019
On Friday I was invited to attend a prayer walk, on the corner of Ready and McCabe Avenue, Just down the street from Miss Phillis’ house, the force of nature and Spirit who is the president of the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood association. A small group of us gathered where a non-fatal shooting had taken place […]
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