ReverendRefOct 2
#FirstWednesday is #BarNight at #TheCowboy. I had a good conversation with a regular who keeps promising to take me out to the shooting range. On my way out a guy asked if I was a pastor. After saying I was the Episcopal priest in town, he told me that his good friend died suddenly this morning from a blood clot. So I sat down and talked with him.
#NoCoincidences #GoodWork
ReverendRefNov 8, 2024
Slow night at the bar, but I won a free beer on the Shake-A-Day, so it’s not all bad.
#BarNight
ReverendRefSep 6, 2024
Bar visit tonight. Seems appropriate that Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” was on the radio as I drove home.
#BarNight
ReverendRefAug 7, 2024
Two good #BarNight in a row. Good conversations both nights and a hopeful future (as in, people might actually come to church). I’m off to the bar that has food tonight and we’ll see how it goes.
Either way, it’s been a good week.
#PriestLife #DifferentParishioners
ReverendRefAug 6, 2024

Last night was a REALLY good night at the bar. Two very deep conversations, a few tears, and maybe some understanding. But the funniest part of the night was this exchange with an older guy:
Him: Are you a pastor?
Me (with a beer in hand): Yep, I’m the priest at St. Luke’s Episcopal.
Him: I thought you guys drank brandy.

Well played, sir.
#BarNight #WhereTheyAre #Humor #Outreach #ClergyLife

ReverendRefMay 10, 2024
In a bar listening to a conversation about where the cop parks and different routes they take to avoid him.
I really want to point out that if you drive sober or drive the speed limit, it shouldn’t matter.
But that’s not the conversation I want to have.
#Discretion #BarNight #PriestLife
ReverendRefMay 7, 2024
It’s Bar Week on Buffalo. Monday is always The Century Club, the only bar in town that allows smoking. Which means that Monday is also shower night, because …. Smoking in the bar.
The things I do to make myself known in town.
#BarNight #PriestLife
ReverendRefFeb 9, 2024
Sometimes #BarNight is just boring. Only waiting for the music to start when door prizes become available.
ReverendRefFeb 8, 2024
It was a good night at the bar. Walked into probably the classiest bar in town. Had a good long conversation with a 78-year old guy having a midlife crisis. Had another guy buy me a drink. The first guy might actually show up at church because I showed at the bar
#PriestLife #BarNight
ReverendRefJan 3, 2024
First official #BarNight tonight. First time in was filled with the usual “Are you real?” looks. One short conversation with Pat, a conversation about hockey with another guy, and got a bead on the pool table.
Next bar tomorrow.
#ChurchNotChurch