How do you resolve conflict? How does your church resolve conflict? Often those in the crosshairs or with their finger on the trigger just do a 180, pick up, and go elsewhere. It’s far easier to walk away or leave a church than face theread more ➜

Gisela Kreglinger‘s The Spirituality of Wine is informative and rich. Some quotes below are intended to whet your appetite (pun intended!). Check out the podcast that I did with a good friend. Most of my commentary came from her work (with a hat tip inread more ➜

Below are two presentations that I offered at Holy Trinity Anglican Church for those wishing to be confirmed in the Anglican tradition. All materials are my own, except where noted. There was so much more material that I wished to cover, but the 45-minutes Iread more ➜

This is good. Worth every second of the less-than-five-minutes. Nora Tubbs Tisdale is the Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. An instructor in the art of preaching—and an accomplished preacher herself —- Professor Tisdale explores homiletics, her own story, and what it’s likeread more ➜

The Rev. Dr. John Yates III (rector at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Raleigh, NC) completed a 3-week series that I’ve had the opportunity to attend. His discussion on the issues around the sexualization of our culture has been thoughtful, careful, and insightful. I heartily commendread more ➜

You gotta love Mr. Bean! Each time I watch this guy, he cracks me up. All humor aside, it does illustrate a key biblical concept: Knowing how your skills, knowledge, experience, and desires fit into God’s kingdom for service is essential for building a spiritualread more ➜