I Confess... I'm Not Sure I Could Be A Self Help Guru.

     I'm not sure that I could speak with much expertise about how to make a marriage successful.  Like my faith, I can only talk about what I've learned through experience.  So I've come up with a couple of chapters for an as yet not begun, upcoming guide to help strengthen marriages, which likely won’t ever be written titled: 

When Two Become One Mess

(A User's Guide for Understanding Your Spouse)

Chapter 3: The Progression of Sexy over the Course of a Marriage

An open letter to voters (and the candidates who want their votes) in 2016

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” -  Eleanor Roosevelt

Dear 2016 voters,

To begin, I’m not writing to endorse or disavow any candidate.  I make no attempt to rally support for a political party or movement.  Nor am I given to delusions that I carry much power to influence the outcomes of elections.  Heck, as a pastor I have a hard enough time just influencing church folk to follow the Golden Rule sometimes.  So let’s just take that notion off the table right now. 

What I am interested in doing is voicing the concern I have with the current state of affairs in our culture that has led our nation to this point in our shared story.  And make no mistake, it is a shared account of this time in history.  Each voice adds a layer and a nuance to the tone and narrative that future generations will read and gather an idea of where and who we are as a people.  Each of us contributes to the story in ways we can’t begin to comprehend.  And for my part, I would just rather not contribute to any portion of the story that will be shameful.  Hence this open letter to you, the voting citizenry of 2016.  (Candidates, this is meant for you too.)