The Experiment

I am a United Methodist pastor serving Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston, TX. During July, 2008, I am preaching a series inspired by Bishop Rueben P. Job’s book, Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living. Bishop Job has updated and applied the Wesleyan “General Rules” for our time. He describes those 3 simple rules as: 1) do no harm, 2) do good, and 3) stay in love with God.

I have decided that while I’m doing this series, I’m going to do an experiment. I’m going to try to live by the 3 simple rules and blog about where that takes me. I’m not a spring chicken at age 54. You would think I’d have this Wesleyan living down by now! But I suspect it will be more challenging than it appears at first glance.

Personally, I have been married to my wife Susan for nearly 30 years. We have three wonderful grown children of whom I am very proud.

By the way, that’s me standing in John Wesley’s pulpit from The Foundry in London. Maybe it will inspire me…