MY RELATIONSHIP WITH OFFICE EQUIPMENT

WHEN MY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CHAIR PULLS ME OUT OF TROUBLE THAT I WANDERED INTO

REMEMBRANCE OF BAPTISM





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READING CHURCH E-MAILS DURING VACATION… AND REGRETTING IT.

GOING INTO A WORSHIP SERVICE AT A NEW CHURCH - AND THERE’S STAGE LIGHTING AND NO CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

FRUSTRATION WITH THE CHURCH, PART 293

WHEN AN OLDER STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS, OUT LOUD, ON HOW I LOOK IN A PHOTO ON FACEBOOK FROM MY COLLEGE YEARS

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First, really, you stalked that far back? 

Second, really?

HAVING TO GET UP EARLY AT A CONFERENCE AFTER A LATE NIGHT

SHOWING UP AT A PRESBYTERY MEETING WHEN I’VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON MY OWN CHURCH THAT I’VE BEEN UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE POLITICS

WHEN SOMEONE SIGNS ME UP FOR A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP POSITION WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE

NON-INCLUSIVE DENOMINATIONS FEVERISHLY CREATING NEW PLANS FOR CHURCH GROWTH

SEEING OLD SEMINARY FRIENDS WHO LIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

THAT TIME I INADVERTENTLY WANDERED INTO A FAMILY DISPUTE

WHEN MY CONGREGATION JUST WON’T HEAR THAT JONAH IS A PARABLE, NOT A HISTORICAL EVENT… BECAUSE THEY “BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE”

ORDINATION COMMITTEES IN MY NIGHTMARES