Just call me the traveling lecturer. I stayed in Kitchener last night after teaching a Thursday evening course. I finished a conversation with a fellow prof at 11:30pm before settling in to do some last minute prep for my Friday morning class. That’s right folks, it started at 8:30am this morning. I’m tired but the…
I’m always amazed when big box store customer service associates use first person language when referring to their products. It makes me feel like I’m buying something from a likable individual who is just squeaking by on their monthly payments, not a multi-billion dollar, money hungry, corporation whose only interest is the bottom line. Ownership….
Four days until I begin another school year. That means completing syllabii, finalizing Power Point presentations and going over class lists. I remember when it meant getting a new plastic lunch pail with a thermos that was held in by a hard plastic thing that looked like a seatbelt. Ah, grade 2. I’m re-living it….
I’m on the hunt for some artists. Part of my teaching load this fall involves teaching a course called “Arts and Symbols in Christian Worship”. As part of my class prep, I have contacted a wide variety of people: everyone from a Greek Orthodox priest to a dramatically inclined, former college roommate who is currently…
Prayer. That’s the subject of my talk this Sunday. I’m finishing off a series in the book of James. I wish someone else was scheduled to preach that message. For me, prayer is something I know very little about. I don’t spend much time in intercession. I rarely remember to ask God for help when…
I had an interesting morning. Staff meeting was moving along at record pace. We were on track to finish in good time. I had poured myself a hot cup of coffee and was enjoying my chocolate chip cookie when it happened. Our custodian caught my eye through the glass doors. I was needed. Without…
I’m at my best when dreaming. Not a pie-in-the-sky kind of fantasizing but a “let’s pretend we relaxed the rules a bit” sort of dreaming. Of course, dreams are always best when they are grounded in a firm sense of what has happened in the past and what is currently happening in the present. When…
My office door is rarely closed. I like people and I generally don’t mind being interrupted by someone who needs my help. I think it’s because I’m an E. But not everyone is an E. Our church’s leadership team recently filled out a Myers-Briggs questionnaire. We wanted to learn about our personality differences and how we could…
Why do we invest so much time and energy on attracting people to Sunday morning church? Didn’t Jesus say “Go and make disciples….” rather than come to a religious service. I don’t really remember him advertising the local Sabbath service at the synagogue with cool newspaper ads and funny dramas. When I think about the…
I think my wife is the sexiest and most attractive woman I know.