Words from Washington

The demolition work has begun at Mount Vernon Place. The demolition crew started yesterday to carefully separate the buildings to be demolis...

Several people, ministries and organizations have been displaced as a result of the construction and renovation work being done at Mount Ver...

I attended the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference today of the United Methodist Chu rch. Annual Conference is a time at which clergy and...

"Pastor, you must have guts if you preached that sermon." "Wow. Your sermon really touched me." "Can you believe s...

There are things I absolutely love about the city. I love the diversity of the people and the energy I receive when I walk down a crowded st...

A new hat arrived on my chair last week while I was out of the office. The hat appeared to be a joke to me. After all, why do I need a hard...

The first call I made today was to my mother. Mom lives in Colorado, so I had to wait until at least 8:00 a.m. my time to call her. Of cours...

I picked up my car from the bo dy shop on Friday afternoon. While I needed the car to get out of town for a wedding, I have to admit that I ...

My visits to the gym have become more routine lately. They are so routine that the man at the front desk even knows my name! Now while this...

I had dinner with friends last Wednesday night. Beth, one of the new folks at Mount Vernon Place , Nathan, one of our interns at the church...

Students from Georgetown Unive rsity gave the Mount Vernon Place congregation a tremendous gift on Saturday afternoon. Through a class call...

I have had a crash course in real estate development since arriving at Mount Vernon Place in the summer of 2005. Each week, I have learned s...

I was walking down 7th Street in Chinatown yesterday when a large banner caught my attention. The sidewalks were busy, and not many people ...

The 7:00 news has ended, and I have watched Brian Williams report for 30 solid minutes on today's tragedy at Virginia Tech. My heart is ...

It was quite the morning. I overslept as I had set my alarm for 6:15 p.m. and not 6:15 a.m. Oversleeping during the week is not a big deal. ...

I have heard a lot about callings this week. Our Wednesday Bible study group started a study on Jeremiah this week, and the prophet's c...