“Our church looks like a medical office building,” one of my church folks has said to me, a few times. Here are two views: What do you think? Does it look more like a place for an orthopedist than for a Eucharist? I’m inspired by churches like Rockefeller Chapel. Modern suburban architecture isn’t known for […]
“You are this place.” 
February 3, 2012 by
“You do not really want to ask a Cajun why he lives in a swamp, especially when he is packing everything he owns because the very swamp he loves is about to swallow up his house. …So, why live in a swamp that everyone knew was likely to flood one day? As Mr. Melancon crated […]
What’s a vicar? 
January 25, 2012 by
1.What’s a vicar? “Vicar” is another word for pastor. Maybe you’ve heard of the British TV show, “The Vicar of Dibley.” In Britain, a vicar isn’t just the pastor for the people who show up on Sunday but for their entire town or area – their “parish.” That’s not really the case here in the USA […]
I was a city snob 
August 14, 2011 by
When I was growing up in Chicago, I was a snob about the suburbs. A suburb was a place without a soul. A place whose soul, land, and history had been carpeted over with asphalt, sod, and malls. Many of my urban friends still believe this about the suburbs and would never live in one. […]
