Pastor Bo: The beautiful imperfections of Christmas
I'm really not sure where she got it from, but my youngest daughter is a Christmas tree perfectionist.
Pastor Bo: Remembering reasons to be thankful at Thanksgiving
Let's go ahead and get the negative stuff out of the way right up front: canned cranberry sauce is the creation of a mad scientist, a gelatinous glob of unnatural goop so unpalatable as to make the aliens lock their doors in horror as they pass by Earth on their way to more cultured planets.
Pastor Bo: Seven ways to help your pastor help you
The little guy's eyes were wide, and his mouth a bit agape as he looked up at me last Sunday in the vestibule after morning worship. He had a question, and his mother nudged him a bit to get him to go ahead and ask it.
Pastor Bo: An angelic view of the election
I am convinced of two things at once that seem to not go together. One, I am convinced that America is the greatest country on Earth.
Pastor Bo: Reality is not outdated
It is not at all unusual for me to receive emails concerning the columns I write. And, whether positive or negative, I appreciate them all.
Pastor Bo: Tech updates improve things until they are useless
I have had to do a lot of apologizing over the last several days, and the fault is not at all my own, in this case.
Pastor Bo: Lots of miles, and thoughts to go with them
Between life as a pastor in my hometown, recent travels on mission trips, revivals and a bit of vacation, and several trips back and forth to the North Carolina mountains for relief efforts, my head is pretty well spinning. So please bear with me as I attempt to grab some of those random recent thoughts and get them onto paper.
Pastor Bo: Recovery efforts and precious moments continue
It has been a very long week. What began as a one-day effort to clean up and recover in our area quickly morphed into an every-day effort to get supplies and relief to all the affected areas of western North Carolina.
Pastor Bo: Helping hands after Hurricane Helene show what it means to be a Christian
Where to even begin, with a column like this ...
Pastor Bo: Churches need to step up to stop the hate
When I first became a newspaper columnist nearly 13 years ago, America was a very different place.
