Virtual life?

My phrase for what life will be like after this is over:  The Great Reboot Last week I finally raked my leaves. Yes, the leaves that fell in November. Forty bags lined up in front of my house. So I called the City of Fayetteville Solid Waste Department and told them...
“The Song of Songs”

“The Song of Songs”

It was Easter 2020 when we began a full-scale shift in church life because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  At this time I began to do  live videos from my home called “Steve the Pastor.”  These videos are viewable live on Facebook on Tuesdays and Thursdays at...

A COVID Easter

Little did we know that this would continue for over a year-and-a-half. Do I need to describe how odd it is to preach in an empty sanctuary? Or do a Bible study in front of a laptop? Or livestream myself on Facebook? But I am grateful for the technology that allows me...

6597 Petabytes.

I’m afraid the long-term effects of the consumption of online pornography have yet to be fully realized. One morning my mother reminded me that the furniture store was coming to deliver my new bed. I was horrified when I came home from school and saw my Playboy...

The Cookie Network?

Hans Rosling’s TED Talk is called “The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen.”  I recommend it. Pepperidge Farm remembers…the good ol’ days. Fresh baked cookies, horse-drawn wagons and bright-eyed kids fishing in a country lake. Nostalgia is a warm and...