Happy Thursday! As I mentioned in my last letter to you all, I never know what I should share when I write. So I’ve been sitting in my chair for about ten minutes staring into a plate of eggs (I don’t even really care for eggs, but I haven’t been...
Dear Church, Mary Bouldin sits in the church office on Wednesdays and puts Sunday’s worship bulletin and announcements in envelopes for mailing to members who can’t make it to the service due to illness, mobility or other issues. This seems like a good place to start a reflection on the...
Dear Church: I was unsettled by a recent article by a Catholic priest about the sexual abuse that is rocking the church. He wrote of understanding both “the church’s troubled history and its divine mission” and spoke of holding these “two realities in ongoing tension.” His conclusion, paraphrasing someone else,...
Yesterday, like many of you, I was engrossed with the Kavanaugh hearings. Throughout much of the day, I had the hearings on as I drove around from meeting to meeting and on my computer as I sent emails and worked on budget requests. The decisions made by the Senate will...
Happy Friday! I’m writing to you from my hotel room in Shreveport, Louisiana while consuming a Pumpkin Spice Latte from the Starbucks in the lobby (call me “basic,” it’s fine). I was just downstairs eating my continental breakfast with one of my colleagues in the symphony and we were talking...
Greetings, Church! Have you been to the new downtown library? I have asked this question of just about everyone I meet. I cannot get over how marvelous it is. The six-story building has spectacular views of the downtown and lake, a rooftop garden, and a restaurant called Cookbook with a...
Peace and greetings to University Baptist Church! It is good to be in this place. I can see that I have stepped into a special community. I am writing from the old building on Guadalupe, in the wing of offices that extend from the sanctuary. It is a good place...