I stood there with a little basket filled with self-serve communion cups, really nice ones, consecrated by clergy from West End UMC. I wore Belmont’s Pride shirt and a colorful clergy stole. I stood on the sidewalk in front of the Communion Table, asking people if they wanted to receive holy communion. For the past […]

The Bible is not a history book, at least not in any traditional sense. It lifts up some stories and skips some centuries completely. Beginning with Abraham and Sarah, Genesis takes 40 chapters to tell us about four generations. And what mattered to our spiritual ancestors may baffle our modern minds. Why is an entire […]

We lingered too long along the clifftop overlooks. We had not seen each other in months, so our trail lunch turned into a reunion filled with stories of our new babies. It was a cold November day in the Smokies, and Tom had packed a small camp stove. We ended lunch with decadent hot chocolate […]

 On Tuesday, are you heading downtown for the fireworks? Nashville will use 200 miles of wire, 16 tractor trailer beds, and 4 barges in order to shoot 40,000 pounds of fireworks into the sky as the Nashville Symphony plays patriotic flare. Maybe you plan to get to the main stage early and do a little […]