One Summer Day After Practice

My car was thick with laughter, exhaustion, and the smell of teenage boy. We’d just finished our summer workout. It was too early in the year for football practice to officially begin, but the team captains were holding “summer trainings.” None of the coaches were present, but we all suspected they were being told which […]

Day of Dialogue? You asked for it.

Hello My Wonderful CTB Family, It is your friendly, neighborhood, self-appointed Bishop here. Today I’m going to get a little serious up in here. I’m going to go more “church” than usual. “Why?” you ask. Because there are some hurting people out there in our fair Baltimore that need encouragement and healing. We’ve got some […]

The Bishop’s Duck Dynasty Christmas Wish

Hello CTB Family, It’s your friendly, neighborhood, self-appointed Bishop here.  Today I would like to bring before you a Christmas wish.  I bring this wish before you because I believe you can help make it a reality. Don’t worry.  My request is simple.  I ain’t gonna ask you to buy two truck loads of meat […]

A Ghost in the Church

Hello CTB Family, It’s your friendly, neighborhood, self-appointed Bishop here.  I work in an old, multi-floored, large church building.  Have you ever walked through an empty, old, church building?  They can be terrifying.  Especially when it is nighttime, and you are alone, and all the rooms and hallways connect like some demented maze so someone […]