Parsonage Parables – Bruce Blumer

Gift of Interruption

One of my jobs was to raise funds for scholarships for the national United Methodist Church. To connect with churches and donors, […]

Have you noticed that older model Buicks are dangerous? Well, the Le Sabres, Park Avenues, and Centurys aren’t dangerous, it’s the people […]

Don’t Gamble. That’s my very simple message, don’t gamble. I realize that I have strong feelings about gaming and this writing will […]

My wife and I decided to take a winter get-away to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (DR). It was almost exactly […]

When I was in high school, I was walking down an alley and a bar had discarded boxes of decorative liquor bottles. […]

When I was a kid, I remember walking by this window display with a white Christmas tree. In front of the tree […]

Traveling to grandma and grandpa’s house, we used to play the game of “Who can see the church first.” In the flat […]

We were discussing the Life360 app with our grandson. It is a popular family and location-sharing app that allows you to track […]

In high school, our family vehicle was a grey station wagon. It was affectionately known as the Silver Bullet. It had three […]

In my younger days, I enjoyed physical labor. Partly, because it was different than my day job and partly, because I knew […]