Outside – In
Over the past eight months, I have learned a lot about the people of Immanuel UMC. I had heard you were friendly and welcoming, hospitable…
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Procedures
My household recently added a person to it. My brother in law moved in for a bit as he prepares to start graduate school. It…
D-I-Y Pastoring #NaBloPoMo
My first church had one person on staff… myself. So, I painted and cooked and folded bulletins with a very tiny army of volunteers… in…
Recklessly Lavish, Wastefully Abundant
This past Sunday, I stepped into the pulpit at Immanuel UMC for my first morning as their new pastor. I had actually been in the…
Honey Badgers, Anxiety, and the future of the church
At our conference Orders Event a few weeks ago, we talked a lot about being anxious. The talk was from a systems theory perspective and…
My Book of Resolutions
Resolution 2013.1 WHEREAS, my change in job has caused some stress in my family life WHEREAS, stability is sometimes more important than flexibility WHEREAS, I…
Life on the Road
When I accepted the position as a coordinator of Imagine No Malaria, someone asked what it was like to no longer be serving a church. …
Following Jesus isn't easy…
This morning in my devotion time I read from Matthew 21… the cleansing of the temple. I have been using the daily reading book from…