A few moments ago, I was sitting in my study here at the church building, lost in thought, when a jarringly loud series of beeps pulled me back into reality. My slight motion had activated the burglar alarm. Once I gathered my wits, I jumped out of my chair and headed toward the alarm pad to quiet the noise by pushing in…

Good Morning! I’m sitting here in my study at church, looking at this form, trying to exercise the necessary discipline to add a blog post — on my own, without help from the website guru — and it’s all very strange to me. There are words and phrases and symbols on this page that will, in time, become like second nature. But…