November 13, 2020November 11, 2020Parsonage Parables Broken China I have an older brother by thirteen months, so we are really close to being “Irish Twins.” As a parent and now […]
March 6, 2020March 1, 2020Parsonage Parables We Can Laugh One of my favorite things about leading a team to Haiti is our reflection time each night. We talk about what happened […]
April 7, 2017November 2, 2018Jan to June 2017, Parsonage Parables Face-to-Face I attended a meeting in Chicago and we had an evening meal with a local church that has seen its neighborhood change. […]
December 16, 2016November 2, 2018July to Dec 2016, Parsonage Parables Naughty or Nice My son’s neighborhood had a gathering of all the children to meet with Santa. Our son told our granddaughter that she needed […]
May 20, 2016November 2, 2018Jan to June 2016, Parsonage Parables Humble Servant My father, Boyd Blumer, started from humble beginnings. The farm where he grew up was modest, farming less than one section of […]
April 8, 2016November 2, 2018Jan to June 2016, Parsonage Parables Brushes with Death I’ve had some different relationships with death. Growing up, we rarely would go out to eat. If dad had a funeral and […]
April 18, 2014November 2, 2018April, May, June 2014, Parsonage Parables Why I’m Not a Pastor Over the years I’ve had people ask me why I didn’t become a pastor. Because I preach fairly regularly and work with […]