So, let me start with a confession. Last summer, my first call was in the midst of a pastoral search. They were looking for their next Senior Pastor and I was curious. My boundaries are uber high and I still… Continue reading

It hasn’t quite been two months since the man I love deployed. I marked the dates last night on my calendar because I couldn’t believe that it hadn’t yet been two months. Because it feels like an eternity. After three… Continue reading

I am constantly pegged as an extrovert. It’s not just church people. Even the man I love thinks that I’m an extrovert. But, they are wrong. Yes, even the man I love is wrong. It doesn’t matter how comfortable I… Continue reading

After the credits rolled and the lights came up again, a conversation erupted in the old theatre about change in the church. It happened last night after a screening of God’s Daughters: Knocking on Heaven’s Doors which tells the story of two Roman… Continue reading

I just placed the metal bowl in the Sanctuary for tonight’s worship service. It’s the bowl that will eventually hold the 30 pieces of silver from each person who gathers tonight. It’s an action we’ll share as we remember what… Continue reading

If I could have any superpower in the world, I would want the superpower of having the right words to say in the right moment. It’s the superpower that I have always wanted — and will never have. Because we… Continue reading

A few hours ago, I sent out an email about this coming Sunday’s First Fifth Sunday Potluck at church. Then, I went ahead and tried to update some of the materials on the website — including sharing a bunch of… Continue reading

How do you talk about resurrection? That’s what the conversation turned to in our worship planning group for Lent. But, it wasn’t just how you talk about it — because our conversation explored how you experience it. After reading this… Continue reading

Me and the man I love I preached this wonderful story about wilderness four years ago and I’m still working on the same sermon from that many years ago. I preached on it again yesterday. And, lo and behold, it’s the same sermon. Almost.… Continue reading

There are a lot of practices that one can explore during Lent. This year, I plan on writing more. I’m not going to be quite so insane to think that I’ll write every day — but instead that I’ll find… Continue reading