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Wordlessness and the Witness of Listening

by | Sep 24, 2016 | 3 comments

I’ve ransacked my mind and heart, looking through stacks of ideas and poking around in boxes of feelings, to find something helpful to say about the police shootings of African-American men in Tulsa and in Charlotte.I’ve come up empty.My search for words has confirmed...

Not-Doing as a Way to do What Matters Most

by | Sep 17, 2016 | 2 comments

What do we do (or not do?) when we feel hollowed-out and ground-down by life’s pressures and demands?Either George Patton or Vince Lombardi or Aphoristic Anonymous said that “fatigue makes cowards of us all.” Whether or not it always turns into cowards, it is...

Fifteen Years Ago and Now

by | Sep 10, 2016 | 2 comments

Fifteen years ago this weekend, I began my work as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Asheville. Far more significantly, our nation sustained the worst-ever terrorist attacks on United States’ soil.Those attacks left ongoing grief, anger, and anxiety in their wake....

On Not Settling

by | Sep 2, 2016 | 1 comment

Do we always have to settle for “it is what it is”—to surrender to the status quo?Too often, it feels like we do.  Inertia, habit, and sameness seem stronger than any hope we have for change.We know, for instance, what happens to New Year’s resolutions. We’re...

Escape Ordinary?

by | Aug 25, 2016 | 0 comments

Two intriguing entertainment venues have recently opened in downtown Asheville: Conundrum and Breakout. They create and offer adventures of escape, journeys from lost to found, and mysteries to explore.  Participants assume new identities as hostages, questers,...