Reflecting on faith over a glass of sweet tea.
Discipleship Posts
My nephew recently went for his first confession to a priest. This was a big deal. After spending a few minutes with the priest, he came out and met his religious education teacher. This is the conversation as recorded by my sister: Teacher: “Do your penance and then you can enjoy some refreshments.” Nate: “Penance? [...]
The Reverend Dean Shepherd (Shep for short) stepped into the local coffee shop to meet with Brett Laud over a cup of coffee. Brett was a college student who was going through a rather difficult individualization phase because his ideas about religion and spirituality were unforgivably different from his family and his church. Sensing this, Shep [...]
Verses 20-21 of Jude offer some words of encouragement that I am reflecting on today:
I have recently been reading the Questing Parson blog. I love his way of putting posts into a narrative, and I think that style may help me out of a touch of writer’s block. I’m going to try it out: Reverend Dean Shepherd (Shep for short) drove through his neighborhood on his way home after [...]
