Tim Clifford
@bottlestickers.bsky.social
UMC Pastor, theologian, writer, triathlete, water bottle sticker enthusiast.
I find myself really wanting to write, but struggling to begin essays and such. Part of the problem is the age old “what should I write about?” But even when I know what I want to write about, I still find myself stuck. 🤷🏼♂️
April 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I find myself really wanting to write, but struggling to begin essays and such. Part of the problem is the age old “what should I write about?” But even when I know what I want to write about, I still find myself stuck. 🤷🏼♂️
Went for a run this morning and, as much as I miss the sunrise during my runs, I have to admit that I really enjoy dark mornings.
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Went for a run this morning and, as much as I miss the sunrise during my runs, I have to admit that I really enjoy dark mornings.
Today at the Ash Wednesday service I gave ashes to my very old father and a late elementary schooler very close to each other.
Something about declaring mortality to someone for whom it is hopefully distant and to someone for whom it is very, very near is striking me tonight.
Something about declaring mortality to someone for whom it is hopefully distant and to someone for whom it is very, very near is striking me tonight.
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Today at the Ash Wednesday service I gave ashes to my very old father and a late elementary schooler very close to each other.
Something about declaring mortality to someone for whom it is hopefully distant and to someone for whom it is very, very near is striking me tonight.
Something about declaring mortality to someone for whom it is hopefully distant and to someone for whom it is very, very near is striking me tonight.
Had a pancake dinner at the church tonight. Bunch of kids, lots of joy, so many smiles. Lights in the darkness, that’s for sure.
March 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Had a pancake dinner at the church tonight. Bunch of kids, lots of joy, so many smiles. Lights in the darkness, that’s for sure.
I preached on the now/not yet nature of the Kingdom of God and the new Creation yesterday (working out of Rev. 21). I posited that this nature calls us to reach out and grasp the future flourishing God imagines for Creation.
Today, I wonder what that looks like lived on daily basis. Thoughts?
Today, I wonder what that looks like lived on daily basis. Thoughts?
March 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I preached on the now/not yet nature of the Kingdom of God and the new Creation yesterday (working out of Rev. 21). I posited that this nature calls us to reach out and grasp the future flourishing God imagines for Creation.
Today, I wonder what that looks like lived on daily basis. Thoughts?
Today, I wonder what that looks like lived on daily basis. Thoughts?
I am working on a sermon about Revelation and reflecting on how much of my work feels like the work of undoing. Undoing misinterpretations, undoing the messy theology of cultural Christianity, undoing all sorts of things for the people who sit in the pews in front of me.
February 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I am working on a sermon about Revelation and reflecting on how much of my work feels like the work of undoing. Undoing misinterpretations, undoing the messy theology of cultural Christianity, undoing all sorts of things for the people who sit in the pews in front of me.
The problem with writing in good coffee shops is that they play exclusively 2010s indie/alt bangers and that’s all I can focus on
January 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The problem with writing in good coffee shops is that they play exclusively 2010s indie/alt bangers and that’s all I can focus on