Words from Washington

The Gospel of Luke provides us with the best account of what happened on this night. Luke writes in the second chapter, "In that regio...

Early last Tuesday morning I was waiting for a bus. Heading downtown for a 7:30 meeting, I walked out of my building at 7:10 a.m. I turned...

Change is the one constant in life. I speak this phrase often at Mount Vernon Place . A lot is changing at Mount Vernon Place. There have be...

I had lunch last week with a friend of mine. I met Tracy at the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation , an intensive two-week academy ...

Last year, I had the privilege of hearing Michael Slaughter speak. Rev. Slaughter is the pastor of Ginghamsburg United M ethodist Church in...

Craig and I had the privilege of going to the White House last night with people from our church. The house is exquisite in every possible ...

I had an idea last week. I thought about it often - how I would write a blog entry each morning during Thanksgiving week. I would write each...

On Friday and Saturday of last week, I traveled to Atlanta to spend time going over grant applications with an organization I greatly respec...

Last week, I opened my newspaper. It was Wednesday - one of my favorite days to open the newspaper pack because of the store ads. But this...

Last Wednesda y night, on Halloween, Craig and I went to see The Bravery at the 9:30 Club in Washington. The Bravery is a band that formed w...

Perhaps no other story has impacted my life more than the story of South Africa. South Africa's story is one filled with pain and hope....

I attended an Open House earlier this week at a place not far from the church. I have been invited to Bright Beginnings before, and I am no...

There is an amazing process of restoration taking place at Mount Vernon Place right now. If you walk through the 1917 historic building, yo...

Last week, I attended Pastor's School and Convocation at Duke Divinity School . This event is hosted annually by the Divinity School an...

I admire people who update their blogs on a daily basis . It is a discipline of sorts - one that requires getting up early, constant creati...

One of my favorite movies of all time is "The American President." In this 1995 film, Michael Douglas plays the star role of Pre...

My office is in a trailer. Each morning, I report to work, unlock a padlock, pull open a large fence, walk up a ramp, and enter the space. ...

We toured the historic building last week with Bishop Schol, the bishop of the Baltimore-Washington Conference . It is amazing to see all of...

The words, "hell," "fire," "damnation," and "judgment" do not normally fill the pages of my sermon m...