I traveled to Mena this week to help out with the aftermath of the tornado there, and my path led me to two churches: a Catholic church and a Baptist church. There was a one-stop help center set up in St. Agnes Catholic Church for people to come by for assistance, and the church was located in a heavily damaged and poor part of town. Miraculously the church suffered little damage even though the surrounding neighborhood was devastated. The metal cross on one of the steeples was bent, and it somehow was symbolic to what happens to people’s faith after something like this – it bends but does not break and when the dust clears it is still standing, albeit different. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Doubt
Supersize Me
We have had a flurry of new restaurants in that have opened up lately in Maumelle, particularly of the fast food variety. I really like one of the new places, called Taco Bueno, which is a chain out of Texas. It is really nothing more than a supped up Taco Bell, but it is better than Taco Bell and better than some of the Senior Tequila knock-offs that occupy strip malls everywhere in Maumelle. I went by the other night to take an order home after working late, and in doing so I bumped up against one of my personal limitations. Continue reading
Steve Sullivan Sermon
This morning’s lectionary passage comes on the first Sunday after Easter. It is the famous passage about “Doubting Thomas”. I’m sure hundreds of sermons will be launched this morning about Thomas. How he lacked faith, he wasn’t where he was supposed to be, didn’t believe the other disciples, and was kind of a smart-arse about it. I’ve always kind of thought Thomas got a bad rap. I mean, how faithful were the other disciples? They were all holed up in a locked room afraid the Jewish boogieman was going to get them. Continue reading
Slim, Bubba, and the Man
Do you have a nickname? I have had a couple, in high school my friends all called me “Will” which is short of course for Wilson. The other one that people still call me is “The Man” as in “Stan the Man.” If I ever get a true sports car, I am going to have a custom licence plate that says “The Man” on it. Continue reading
Providence Cyber Church 