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

END OF YOUTH LOCK IN

REALIZING 7 PAGES INTO AN 8 PAGE SEMINARY PAPER THAT MY ARGUMENT IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED

DIALOGUE BETWEEN DENOMINATIONS

GETTING READY TO PRESIDE IN WORSHIP AFTER A YOUTH LOCK IN

WHEN PARISHIONERS SET UP A DISPLAY ON THE ALTAR THAT LOOKS AWFUL, BUT IT’S TOO LATE TO CHANGE IT

THE PERSON AT THE NEW CHURCH WHO TELLS ME WHO TO “WATCH OUT FOR”

DENOMINATIONAL MEETINGS: ME DURING A HEATED DEBATE OVER PENSIONS

WHEN MY SEMINARY CLASSMATE IS SPEAKING AT AN AREA CLERGY EVENT

The rest of us are in the back corner like

UNITED METHODISTS: THE END OF ANNUAL CONFERENCE

TRYING TO DO A BIBLE STUDY ON THE FLY WHEN I’M TIRED

YOUNG CLERGY: WHEN I GET PICKED FOR ALL THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND SPEAKING EVENTS, BUT NONE OF THE POLICY MAKING