Naming the Desert
There are moments in ministry when I feel marvelously competent: when a child interrupts my Sunday School lesson to make a connection to something we learned weeks or months ago, […]
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Learning to say “Yes, And…”: A review of God, Improv, and the Art of Living
I still remember that gathering in a hotel meeting room in Kansas City. The NEXTChuch conference had just ended, and a group of pastors gathered to learn about Improv and […]
Leadership Metaphors: Garden and Machine
I was only about a month into my first call as solo pastor of a small Presbyterian congregation when a new class of elders rolled onto the Session, which is […]
Shared Leadership: Lessons from YCWI
After serving three years as a co-chair of YCWI, I am beginning my third month as “just a regular board member.” I am loving that I get to spend my […]
Spring Pruning: A Sermon on John 15:1-8
On the night on which he gave himself up for us, Jesus said to his disciples, “I am the vine, you are the branches.” God my Father and Mother is […]
Leading with Presence: TYCWP’s 2016 Conference
My first few months as a solo rector were a strange combination of familiar ministry that I was confident I could do well and bewildering new challenges. Design curriculum for […]
I Cannot Do This Alone
The doctor pushed the curtain aside and left to document the conversation in the file, leaving Shon and I to absorb the jagged pill he had just forced us to swallow. “There’s […]
