Today, a young man wandered into our church building and needed a place to sit for a while. He looked like he was having a hard time and wanted a quiet place to think, pray, wrestle. I invited him upstairs to our sanctuary and told him he was welcome to stay as long as he…
Ministry in Heels
life as a young adult pastor
Making the Congregation Cry
This has been an insanely busy summer… vacation, a new nephew, mission trips, fundraisers, cleaning at the church… So I have tried to make my summer a bit easier by working through Romans with the congregation. Ha. In some ways, it hasn’t been that bad. Each piece kind of follows on the one before it,…
Knowledge and knowledge
Many have been discussing lately social media monitoring of clergy and candidates/ordinands. A post by sheyduck on Everyday Theology got me thinking about my one hesitancy regarding the issue.As I posted there… There is a tendency of some who do not understand social media, to use it as an evaluation method, rather than understanding online discussions as…
pre-vacation lame duck session
It is absolutely impossible to work when you know you are going on vacation in four short days. All I can think about are the last minute things I need to purchase and the laundry I need to do and the things that need packed. image by: getupgirl Add to the top of that, the…
A summer of confession and struggle and hope
I have decided to journey through the book of Romans with my church folks this summer. a) it’s the lectionary b) I haven’t spent that much time with Romans before c) it is fitting in nicely with our visioning process d) it has absolutely positively hit me right in the gut and there is A…
Was John Wesley a Deacon?
Through John Meunier, I was directed to “Four John Wesley quotes everyone should know” by John Pedlar. They are good quotes, and ones that, as a student of Methodist history and theology, I knew well. But as John shares, James shares an important insight at the end of his piece. It is in response to…
Friday Five: Blogging of yesteryears
I… like quite a few other folks who read the prompt this morning on RevGalBlogPals.blogspot.com have decided to get back into the game. here are the questions, and here are my responses… 1) Have your blogging (writing/reading) habits shifted since the days of yore? Photo By: Kriss Szkurlatowski Absolutely. There were days that I was…
parsonage inspection
I am not a housekeeper. I never have been. I didn’t learn how to growing up. I don’t have time to now. I can do the basics like vacuuming and dusting and countertops and windows. But to make it a daily/weekly habit is something far beyond my grasp. It’s not just that I do not…