Shares and Compensation- A reflection on Fairness & Abundance

This morning I had the opportunity to provide the message or reflection at Woodlake Lutheran Church’s Wednesday morning Matins (Morning Prayer) service. The message was grounded particularly in Matthew 20:1-16, as well as connected briefly to Jonah 4:9-11. What follows is the majority of that message.  These passages in Jonah and in the Gospel of Matthew can sound like a stumbling block for perfectionists and … Continue reading Shares and Compensation- A reflection on Fairness & Abundance

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. To help organize these links I have grouped them under the following topic categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

February 21st- #Seed #lent2015

During the season of Lent, I will be sharing a short post each day as part of the Lent-Photo-a-Day Journey, providing a sort of brief reflection and witness through the journey to and through the cross, to the tomb, and out into the world. The word designated for February 21st is “Seed.” I probably could have used this picture for yesterday’s photo of a “sign.” … Continue reading February 21st- #Seed #lent2015

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of the links I have grouped them in the following topic categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. To make sense of all these links, I have grouped them by topic. These topics are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have seen and found interesting over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these thought-provoking pieces, I have grouped them by topics, which are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you.To help make sense of all these links, I have grouped them in the following topics: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have read and found interesting over the past week with all of you. To help make sense out of everything, I break all of these links into categories. To this end, this week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these links, I have broken them into topic categories, which are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

With Christmas, New Year’s and spending time with family the past couple of weeks, the links took a bit of break. Well, they are making a return today, a Thursday, to share some of the great stuff I saw and found from the past couple of weeks. They’ll return to Tuesdays, their normal day, next week. To help sort through the links, I have categorized them … Continue reading This Week’s Links