I am in the midst of reading Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Pastrix: the Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint. So far, I love it. It seems to be a very honest and authentic memoir of what it means to be found by grace, as well as what it means to be a person who has seriously wrestled with faith. Yesterday while I was reading I read … Continue reading Neighbor Love Reflections from Acts 8 and Nadia Bolz-Weber
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
The interim pastor I served on staff with until recently repeated the phrase and concept “for you” ad nauseam. It would show up weekly in his sermons, in conversation, and in theological reflection. But you know something, the more that I heard that over a year and a half, the more I began using that phrase too. It just resonates, yet it is simply profound … Continue reading “For You”
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
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…
Today many Christian congregations celebrate the First Sunday after Epiphany. On this day, these congregations usually remember the “Baptism of Our Lord.” This is the day we remember Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan. Many congregations will incorporate this into their worship through possibly the “Thanksgiving for Baptism” liturgy and other possibly unique baptism practices that congregations have (such as lighting candles to remember the … Continue reading The Baptism of Our Lord
Happy Epiphany! Today is January 6th. This is the day many in the Christian faith observe and celebrate Epiphany. Epiphany is the day that we observe the coming and visit of the Magi, Wise Men, or Wise Guys, depending on your interpretation. Though nativity sets usually depict them as part of the scene, it is quite likely that they probably did not visit baby Jesus … Continue reading Epiphany
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
It’s Tuesday. It’s also Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas to all of you! As hinted at last week, this week’s links and next week’s (because of Christmas and New Year’s) links will likely be a bit shorter than usual. But that’s okay. I still intend to share some of what I have read or pondered about over the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
