Author: Patrick

Today we are on part three of our series: energy, intelligence, imagination, and love. Why these four traits? Read THIS. *** Part of me would like to say that imagination is in short supply right now. On one hand, it seems like many are having to keep their heads down just to get through the day. … Continue reading Imagination

Today we continue our series on energy, intelligence, imagination, an love. Why these four traits? Read THIS. *** I believe in hard work. I believe that there are rarely shortcuts, magic cures, or "4 F's to better health!" However, today I want to offer you two simple steps that will greatly improve your life. Two … Continue reading Intelligence

*We will return to our series on energy, intelligence, imagination, and love on Thursday. Years ago I was invited to preach at an ecumenical Martin Luther King Day worship service. Upon receiving the invitation, I thought who better to speak on the legacy of Dr. King than a super-privileged white dude who had Forrest Gumped … Continue reading MLK*

In September I left home for three months of active duty training with the Army. If I got COVID while I was there, I would get sent home and have to finish the training another time. A lot had gone into me getting this training done in this particular three month period. I could not … Continue reading Energy

In our church we welcome new officers each January, and in the Presbyterian Church there are questions that each officer needs to answer. Call them questions, affirmations, vows. One in particular has been on my mind recently: Will you pray for and seek to serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination, and love? Will you … Continue reading The Vow

I am a Presbyterian Minister, and I serve a purple church in a purple denomination. What I mean by that is that we have red and blue, Republican and Democrat in our congregation and in the PCUSA. In normal times that is a gift, and I have marveled and been grateful for the way people … Continue reading Define “All”

So I saw this argument on Twitter.  (Did you know people argue on Twitter?) The argument was about which Star Wars movie was the best in the franchise. I chimed in, Episode IV, A New Hope. But I stipulated. I don't know if it was the best, I don't know who gets to decide, and … Continue reading Back in the New York Groove

I miss my dad. I miss my mom. I miss my Panda Mini Pro-Am BMX bike, and I miss 1982. I miss coming home from school and eating two packages of Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls and washing them down with a glass of ice cold whole milk, because I could. There were no such … Continue reading What I Miss

When I was a child, my family would travel. No wait. That’s not it. Let’s try again. When I was a child I walked like a child, I talked like a child. Hold on. That’s not it either. One more time. When I was a child my family sent me to the greatest summer camp … Continue reading He Was in Heaven Before He Died*

In the summer of 2006, I was working with a youth group and took them to Cleveland for  a work trip. During that week, we worked with Habitat for Humanity, served in a homeless shelter and lived in "intentional community". (That means we gave up junk food, sodas and flip phones, saving parents roughly $300 … Continue reading Cleveland ROCKS!