Pastor Bo: Thoughts on racial reparations
For once, I apparently had thought things through pretty carefully.
Pastor Bo: A right-on-the-nose evaluation of fame
My mother has, for years, expressed her opinion that one day I will be famous. My wife as well has asserted that she expects people across the world to know me. But being, in my view, "a no one from nowhere," I have merely brushed those lofty expectations aside as the rose-colored-glasses view of the people who love me. So when fame finally came, it was as much of a shock to me as to anyone.
Pastor Bo: Never underestimate the power of a mother
Looking back, I often regret that I did not give my mother an easier time of things.
Pastor Bo: Choose your friends carefully
Riley, our grumpy old mutt of questionable heritage, used to be the only friend and unquestioned leader of Echo, our goofy white Labrador.
Pastor Bo: Honk if you love missions
Having been, shall we say "different" for so very long, sometimes I forget that people can be a bit taken aback by some of the things our church does. But as a dear friend of mine put it, "They fly their own flag and are happy to do so."
Pastor Bo: Saving life and liberty in COVID-19 time of masks and curfews
We read in Daniel 5:19: And for the majesty that he gave him [Nebuchadnezzar, circa 562 B.C.], all people, nations and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
Pastor Bo: What makes the impossible possible?
I don't really know George all that well; but my impression of him is that he is as common as his name.
Pastor Bo: Use these coronavirus days wisely
If you were to ask me what goji berries taste like, I would have to truthfully answer, "I have no idea." Nor do I know what pawpaws taste like. What I do know is that we Wagners now have two goji bushes, three blackberry bushes, two raspberry bushes, four pawpaw trees, two fig trees, two pecan trees and two plum trees planted in various spots on our property.
Pastor Bo: In times of darkness, notice the bright spots
While the snooty meteorological literalist would likely eschew the phrase, the truth is that, from our perspective, the sun continues to come up day after day.
Pastor Bo: Coronavirus and other trials call for ambassadors for Christ
Rocks and minerals are rather ubiquitous at our church, being found everywhere from the name of the church to a loop off of the driveway to the watercourses and all the way into my office.
