A Week of Pastoral Conversations

A sampler of the kinds of things I talk about with folks. These conversations varied from 5 minutes to 2 hours, and took place last week. Some were formally scheduled meetings, some casual conversation, some one-on-one in a coffee shop, some over email or text. Anything pastorally sensitive I’ve made as vague as possible. Monday: […]

Who forgot to turn their phone off?

Yesterday, during worship (during my sermon, actually), a cell phone went off. Since I was preaching at the time, I could see the whole congregation and I noticed who reached in their jacket to turn off the phone. Adam asked me, later that day, “Whose cell phone went off in church this morning?” (Because this […]