TUMC Candidating Sunday

2019 10 29 TUMC, Candidating Sunday
From the Lectionary: Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14

It’s an interesting time to be a pastoral candidate. This country has just settled on a new balance of federal political power, and over the last two weeks as I have visited groups and connected with committees of this church it has been hard to remember that I am not in fact campaigning. Here I am, a candidate, and here we are, getting ready to vote.

Let me assure that, unlike my opponent, I am going to support hardworking TUMC tithepayers! We’re going to build a baptistry and the Lutherans are going to pay.

Electioneering isn’t really my style.