It’s football time in Tennessee, especially on Friday nights when the lights are on our local high school teams. For so many of us former players, the pregame preparations, pageantry and the hard-fought battles of Friday nights were the highlights of our high school years. Through it all, we met long-time friends and learned life lessons that … [Read more...]
Why the best days are ordinary days
Ordinary time. According to The United Methodist Book of Worship, Ordinary Time is the “Season after Pentecost,” beginning the day after Pentecost and ending the day before the First Sunday of Advent. As I write this blog post, we are in the midst of Ordinary Time. Yet, it hardly seems ordinary at all. In the U.S., the Republicans and … [Read more...]