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Anxiety and Hope – Festival of Homiletics 2018: Part 4
Start at part 1 of this series on experiences from the Festival of Homiletics 2018 here! One of the most difficult things about the theme for this year’s Festival is that politics create in many of us, and I know in myself, a certain level of anxiety. No matter what, because of the ways we might…
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Called to Unity – Festival of Homiletics 2018: Part 3
Start at part 1 of this series on experiences from the Festival of Homiletics 2018 here! Honestly, I was not thrilled to learn about the theme for this year’s Festival. I would have much preferred preaching on the borders, prophetic voices, story-telling, dreams, or any of the other themes that have come up in the twenty-six…
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Learning, Flexibility, and Themes – Festival of Homiletics 2018: Part 2
Read Part 1 of this series on experiences from the Festival of Homiletics 2018 here! Why “Continue Education”? Continuing education is such an important piece to our ministry. As pastors, we call our people to be in continual learning as we grow together in our maturity in Christ. And so, as a pastor, continuing education…
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How Did I Get Here? – Festival of Homiletics: 2018 Part 1
This last week, I attended the “Festival of Homiletics” in Washington D.C. as part of my continuing education. Throughout this incredible, life-giving week, I found myself asking, “How did I get here?”
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Weeding in the Collar
Heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it. ~Deuteronomy 10:14 All of creation, heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth belong to God. And so as children of God, we steward as best we can. We work to care for God’s creation,…
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Sharing God’s Radical Love
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” ~Matthew 25:35 These last few months have been so joyful for me. The life of our church has been springing up and springing to action in so many…
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Tiny Steps, Big Dreams
Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way; ~Psalm 37:23 On my daughters first birthday, just a few weeks ago, she took her first teeny tiny steps, and what a joy it has been. These steps start so small, so uncertain. She would shuffle one foot forward, and then…
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Needed Reminders: Taking Care
“How are you taking care of yourself right now?” ~Pastor Megan Filer, all the time This is a phrase that, if you have spent much time with me at all, you have heard me say A LOT. How are you taking care of yourself? What are ways you might find rest? I just wrote a…
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Power of Sabbath
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. ~Exodus 20:8 It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve published a blog post. But when I actually look, I only took two weeks off from the blog. And with the busy-ness of the Lenten season, Easter, and then going on vacation, it’s hardly surprising that writing…
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Kind of Morbid – Observing Good Friday
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ~Romans 5:6 NRSV Good Friday is sort of a weird day in the church. Or at least it’s weird to me. It’s a bit morbid, gathering together to remember Jesus’s death. I remember a few years ago I had a…