Words from Washington

While working at Duke Divinity School, I was exposed to the topic of dying well time and again through the Duke Institute on Care at the End...

I am in Durham this week, working with four other pastors and a professor from Duke Divinity School.  Dr. Jackson Carroll is in the process ...

The property transformation continues at Mount Vernon Place UMC. The hole where the new building will go is getting bigger and bigger. The...

If you have watched the news this week, then you know that Hillary Clinton had an emotional moment in New Hampshire on Monday. While meetin...

I am visiting my mother this week in Lamar, Colorado. Lamar is a small town in Southeastern Colorado with a population of 9,500 people and ...

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...