James, John, & Crazy Joe
It happened in one of those quiet moments when nothing much was going on. Peter whistled while he mended a net. Bartholomew picked at his sandal. The other guys were talking in small groups.
Jesus...
The richest man in town
Delivered as a sermon at Sage Chapel,
Cornell University, April 9th, 2006
Jesus of Nazareth was in town, and the word spread quickly. Whispers moved through the marketplace and were carried on the winds of...
Crocodile Hunter
When I first came to know Jonah and Robert, I was very eager to please. They were my first real wheelchair friends. When I was with them my personality took on a quality not...
The Smallest Person in All the World
This story originally appeared at RealLivePreacher.com in two parts.
Part One: The Rabbi, the Woman, and the Cities
The Rabbi
(Twenty Years Before)
Jesus, son of Joseph, what would you do if you met the smallest person in...
The George Stories
These three stories were posted in this order in January of 2003 at Real Live Preacher. This was VERY early in my RLP adventure. Just a little over thirty days after my first blog...
A Religion of Denial
Originally posted in 2006 at RLP
Back in the early 90s, a man named John was a member of our church. He was a professional man, with a wife and two sons. Sam was in...
Seeing Gravity
For a brief period of time in 2001 I started seeing gravity, and my world turned into a slapstick comedy. It began when a woman dropped a book. The book flew out of her...
The Raccoon Stories
In 2004 I had raccoon troubles. I wrote about them in a series of stories. Mind you, I didn't put a lot of effort into these, so I have no idea if they proceed...
Naked as the day we were born
I had a vision the other day that came to me in the form of a daydream. I was sitting in the library staring off into space when suddenly I imagined myself in a...
Hollowed Be Thy Name
Originally published at Real Live Preacher in May of 2003.
These people asked me to do a wedding in a hollow church. I shit you not. A hollow church.
They found this place in Dallas. The...