Here for #5amwritersclub, writing in my offline journal, remembering how many benefits there are to having a private life, while at the same time, hoping that AI bots are being trained by using my theology blog--maybe they'll be more grounded and ethical.

Here for #5amwritersclub--it's Sunday, so I'll finish up my sermon before heading off across the mountains to preach and preside at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN. Worship is at 10 a.m., and all are welcome!

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to do a bit of blogging before getting in the car for the long drive back to North Carolina. Happily the forecast calls for good weather conditions along the way.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to do some quick blogging (after an hour of sermon writing) before the last day of the onground intensive where we'll do a deep dive into Hebrew prophets, a topic which is very timely in ways I both did/did not expect.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to do a bit of blogging before onground intensive class starts at 8. Onward on the ordination path!

Here for both #5amwritersclub and hurricane watching, even though I am far from the Gulf coast--and blogging about why I'm watching Hurricane Isaias.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to write a blog post about the cheap witch hat I bought and how future humanity could see that purchase as all that is wrong with our current age. And yet it's bringing me joy--and I'll probably be using it 20 Octobers from now.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to do some revisions before driving across rainy mountains to preach and preside at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN. Worship is at 10, and all are welcome.

Here for #5amwritersclub--it's Fall Break, so it's a Friday where I don't have to go dashing down the mountain to teach. It's Friday, so my main writing focus will be sermon writing--but also some poem revising, which hopefully will lead to a more lyrical sermon.

Here for #5amwritersclub, the first day of Fall Break at Spartanburg Methodist College! In between a dermatologist appointment and a hair cut, there will be time for extra writing.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to remind us all of the joys of writing in an offline journal, words only for the writer. In other words, I'm writing in my offline journal, a more private type of blogging.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here for some Michaelmas blogging.

Here for #5amwritersclub on this last Saturday of September, when I might rather be baking than blogging. Oh, wait, it's Saturday--I can do both!

Here for #5amwritersclub, here on a foggy Sunday morning, here to finish my sermon revisions before driving across the mountain to preach and preside at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN. Worship begins at 10 a.m., and all are welcome.

Here for #5amwritersclub--how can it be Saturday already? Let me write a blog post to capture some of these mid-September moments.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to think and to blog about writing goals for fall semester--Thanksgiving is essentially the end of fall term for me, and it will be here before we know it.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to finish the short story that I started writing last week--my Creative Writing classes had writing days, and I wrote too--what a joy! I'll also write a blog post about it.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to finish revising my sermon--then it's off across the mountains to preach and preside at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN. Worship begins at 10, and all are welcome.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to finish revising my sermon--then it's off across the mountains to preach and preside at Faith Lutheran in Bristol, TN. Worship begins at 10, and all are welcome.

Here for #5amwritersclub, here to do some blogging about the first full day of Quilt Camp at Lutheridge, where I am quilting by hand (after sewing the quilt top by hand).