https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i957r-1131f57 In this episode, Dennis chats with a colleague, Dwight Welch.  Welch is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and like Dennis is on the autism spectrum.  The two pastors talk about the challenges and blessings of being a pastor on the spectrum.   Books Mentioned: Disability and the Church by Lamar... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-eaf6p-1130669 When the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was created in 1988 as the result of a merger, it had 5 million on the rolls. According to a 2019 article, if projections remain the same, we might see only 16,000 in worship across the denomination.  This could have been the time for a lot of... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-by3sa-111e061  Maybe one of the biggest debates of the early 21st century was the debate about expanding marriage rights to include same-sex couples.  From the minute I got married to my husband in 2007, the fight for same-sex marriage went from theoretical personal.  Between the mid-aughts and 2015, religious conservatives and LGBTQ Americans fought over... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a67gi-111e025 If you know anything about economics, it has to be the concept of scarcity.  This is the gap between a limited resource and unlimited wants.  Scarcity means making decisions on how to best allocate these resources efficiently so that as many people benefit as possible.  That’s what scarcity means. It’s econ 101.  But when... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a6cw9-11056d6 This is a special episode where I got to talk to one of my mentors.  Doug Skinner is a retired pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the same denomination I’m ordained in.  I He lives in the Dallas Fort Worth area and we talk every so often via Zoom to talk about... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t223q-110287c The United States stands alone among major democracies in having just two parties.  For many years that was okay; because the Democrats and Republicans were actually two coalitions with smaller “parties” within them.  But as the parties have become purer, our politics have become more polarized and unable to govern. It has also left... Continue Reading →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t223q-110287c The United States stands alone among major democracies in having just two parties.  For many years that was okay; because the Democrats and Republicans were actually two coalitions with smaller “parties” within them.  But as the parties have become purer, our politics have become more polarized and unable to govern. It has also left... Continue Reading →