The Fragility of our Connection
Text: Philippians 2:1-8 Arches National Park is perhaps one of the most iconic and picturesque of the spots we will visit. Three hundred million years…
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Praying for the Church
One of the practices I have incorporated into my renewal leave is to use Bishop Job’s, A Guide to Prayer, each morning. I have taken…
Church Whiplash
In the past six weeks, I have preached at some RADICALLY different types of churches. My latest traveling marathon began with the invitation to be…
Invitation to Conversation and Discernment
Hi folks, This year at our Iowa Annual Conference one of our major topics of discussion will be the vision, mission, and strategic priorities of…
Light Still Shines…
In the last two weeks, I have been talking with a lot of folks across Iowa. I spent some time with clergy in Des Moines…
Jurisdictional Conference Day 4
Yes, I realize I went from Day 0 to Day 4… so much transpiring with not a whole lot of time to really sit and…
Jurisdictional Conference Day 0
Yesterday, I flew in to Akron/Canton and started this crazy adventure called Jurisdictional Conference. I’m still not quite sure what we are doing except for…
GC04: The Call to Action for the US Church?
Taylor Burton-Edwards reminded me a few weeks ago that there needs to be a distinction made by the Call to Action and all of the…