by Erika Marksbury Scene One: My seven-year-old and I sit in front of the big window that looks out over the backyard, watching the dark gray clouds roll in. He hears thunder in the distance and muses, “It sounds like the clouds are so hungry their tummies are rumbling.” It’s all I can do to … Continue reading
William Willimon, in the introduction to his book Pastor, says something that I can only imagine would connect with a lot of pastors like myself: Seminarians are forever complaining about the gap between their expectations for the church, as engendered in seminary, and the reality of the church they experience as new pastors. That gap … Continue reading
Practicing Families 