Confessions of an Idiot Pastor

I was asked, “If Jesus came as the Prince of Peace, why has religion been the cause of most of the wars in the world?” Good question. I was surprised when researching an answer. Religion isn’t the cause of most of our wars. According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, we have had 1763 recorded wars…

After Black Friday, After the shoppers went home and the gifts were hid, After the money was wasted, and the hot cocoa drunk, After the parents went to bed, relieved with yet another year of Christmas shopping behind them, Bizarre Bible Stories 2! left the printers for the bookstores. It’s just… me, I think. So…

I’m sneaking Christmas Carols like a teenager does smokes.  It’s part JoLynn’s fault. She bought me shotgun shell Christmas lights for my birthday. What a wife. Playing the carols bring up some interesting questions… 1. Why would God leave gold streets, awesome power, and an angelic army and go… here? Dirt streets, baby power and…

We had a Cooley family reunion at our place last week. My brother and two of my sisters, with their spouses were here early enough to make a run up the Jemez Mountains. We are missionary kids. Pastors kids. We married believers. We don’t like lions. We stopped in Jemez Springs for coffee and a…