July 2025

  • I share my time between two homes, the parsonage and our home in Greene County. Mostly, I am at the parsonage these days. It is located in a beautiful rural, country setting near Batesville. I joke with folks in saying the world really is flat, and that our parsonage is right on the edge… if…

  • Those who know me, know that I ascribe to a connections theology. I stopped using the word “coincidence” in my vocabulary many years ago. Rather than attributing chance happenings to some mysterious juju, I believe that God creates connections in our life’s journey. My metaphor for these connections would be the dots on a “connect…

  • July 16, 2025: The death was not unexpected, nonetheless it hurt. He had been an almost constant companion in my automobile since January… literally, a passenger in the car with me. He had traveled with JoAnne and me on ice cream runs, on our trips to visit family in Richmond, Annual Conference and even our…

  • Maybe the real purpose of this blog is about to emerge. I will be on Formational Growth Leave for the month of September. During that time, JoAnne and I will “recreate” Francis Asbury’s circuit of 1791. I can’t promise daily postings, but I will try to often share reflections either here or on the Facebook…