[Originally posted a year ago, I've revised this post for 2010.] If there’s one thing I’ve learned about job-hunting, it’s that companies obsess over experience and no one wants to give it. Almost every job I’ve applied for over the last year has required at least 2 years of related on-the-job experience, and almost none...
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Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, tweeted that tonight. We’ve all heard the same basic idea: our churches should be as mighty as the oak tree: large, majestic, long-living, life-giving. On the surface this is a wonderful analogy for the church. But it’s not the best analogy, and I dare say that Warren’s choice of...
[Adapted from a previous post.] Could it be that some pastors, particularly among the denominations with more congregational autonomy, are upset when other churches start up in “their” territory because they view that congregation as their life-support? That the tithes given to the church are not only their primary source of income, but also their...
San Miguel Mission is in the heart of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s beautiful inside and out. Unlike El Santuario de Chimayó which still holds regular services and is open to pilgrims daily, I’m not sure if San Miguel Mission is more than a museum with a gift shop. In New Orleans Catholic parishes are...
In November 2008 I drove out to New Mexico. I wanted to find old missions and churches while I was there, and one was El Santuario de Chimayó. I think there’s a great beauty in the architecture of old missions, and it often reflects the marriage of culture and an attempt to create a something...