It’s Tuesday, and so it means that it is time to share links to some of the things I have read and found interesting in the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these and find them thought provoking. Church and Ministry Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links
“In baptism we have died the only death that matters, and that should make us very dangerous people.” – Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), 1/19/14 This past Sunday and Monday, Allison and I had the privilege to see and hear from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton for the first time in person. Needless to say, I was … Continue reading Inspired by the Presiding Bishop
It’s Tuesday, that means it’s time for the links to stories, articles, and other things I have found interesting and thought provoking. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous. Enjoy! Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Let’s begin this week’s links with a potentially controversial and thought-provoking opinion … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Today, the United States observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In doing so, we remember and celebrate a leader, visionary, and one of the foremost people who authentically lived and understood what it really means (in its most difficult of ways) to love one’s neighbor. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day of service, a day of reflection, and a day of learning and … Continue reading Some thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
I have recently read two books about Appreciative Inquiry: Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David L. Cooperrider & Diana Whitney; and The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change by Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom. This post will not be a review of these books, but rather a brief summary of my understanding of Appreciative Inquiry and how I see it … Continue reading Appreciative Inquiry- my brief summary and thoughts about it
It’s Tuesday. That means its time to share a sampling of things I have read and found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; and Worship. I entrust these to you now for your reading and thought. Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Karl Vaters … Continue reading This Week’s Links
I have never claimed to be a poet or a good writer. I enjoy writing though, so thus I blog. A strange thing happened to me after attending a worship service yesterday though, I sat down and I started writing with a pencil on a scratch piece of paper. What came from that strange experience kind of looks like a poem (admittedly it doesn’t really … Continue reading Strange…
It struck me at Christmas, that I miss reading the latest books to learn and for the thrill of learning, which I had while a student. So, in an effort to do something about this, I am going to try and average reading at least one book per week this year. This isn’t a resolution, just a goal. We’ll see how I do, and I … Continue reading This Year’s Reading
Happy New Year’s Eve! Also, Happy Seventh Day of Christmas! As this is Tuesday, its time to provide you with a sampling of some of the things I have been reading or thinking about in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; and Stewardship. I entrust these to … Continue reading This Week’s Links- The last of the links for 2013
This week has been a great week. This week has also been a hard week. Today was my final Sunday at the church I have served on staff for a little over the past 3 years. I started there as Music Ministry Coordinator and within a year was the Worship Coordinator. This was the fourth Advent and Christmas season I helped guide the congregation through. … Continue reading In Gratitude
