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My marriage fell apart the day the dog died

Posted on May 22, 2013 by George Bullard — 1 Comment ↓

I am sure you’ve heard the old adage that married life begins again when the last child leaves home and the dog dies. Frequently I also hear people say they moved to a new house without a forwarding address so…

Tagged with: camper, Children, Church, churches, Club Sandwich Generation, congregation, congregations, dog, empty nest, empty nesters, family, George Bullard, grandchildren, household, households, husband, Marriage, parents, Sunday, timeshare, wife
Posted in Blog Posts, Generational Differences, Marriage, Ministry, Parenting

Choosing to love

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Barrett Owen — No Comments ↓

Love is much more of a daily decision than a feeling. I’m not sure I would have said this sentence five years ago. Then, I was still looking to gratify my own sensual and sexual needs. I was coupling these…

Tagged with: love, Marriage
Posted in Faithful Living, Marriage

What if Jesus were gay?

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Zachary Bailes — 39 Comments ↓

Wendell Berry has effectively stirred the pot. In my homestate, Kentucky, at my alma mater, Georgetown College, Berry spoke about gay marriage. He spoke to the cultural palpitations revealing a diseased spirit. It’s a spirit steeped in hate, and maligned…

Tagged with: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Day, gay, gay marriage, Georgetown College, Hegel, homosexual, Howard Thurman, Jesus, Jesus and the Disinherited, LGBTQ, Native Americans, oppression, poor, race, Roger Williams, Wendell Berry, Williams James
Posted in Marriage, Public Policy, Racial Reconciliation, Religion, Social Issues, Young Baptists

Over and under

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Karen Curry — No Comments ↓

Overwhelmed and under qualified. That’s how I feel many times when I survey the things that fill my plate. Actually, I should say plates, because on any given day there are a number of plates that I juggle to keep…

Tagged with: Balance, Children, Marriage, ministry, Motherhood
Posted in Faithful Living, Marriage, Parenting, Women in Ministry

“. . . as you love yourself.”

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Barrett Owen — No Comments ↓

If Jesus were pastoring in a mainline, Protestant church today, and were asked the same question scribes and scholars ask in Mark 12.28-31 (What is the greatest commandment?), I think he’d omit the “. . . as you love yourself”…

Tagged with: congregation, Faithful Living, greatest commandment, helping profession, love, neighbor, pastoring, self-care
Posted in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Living, Leadership, Marriage, Mental Health, Ministry