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Giving thanks for another year to proclaim Jesus in Short Gap
This has been my view on most mornings for the past nine years. Anniversaries are always a time to reflect on the past and often times, to contemplate the future. That is where I find myself this week as it … Continue reading
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Tagged clergy, General Conference, Jesus, pastor, UMC
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A Healthy Humility
Someone I know has to give an answer on a job opportunity today. It is their dream job, but it would require them to pack up their family and move. In their communication with me they worried that it might … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, clergy, humility, Jesus, pastor
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Are you Spiritually alive?
The most transformative book I’ve read about the role of a pastor is Bill Easum’s A Second Resurrection. The premise of the book is that most of the American church is spiritually dead. Of course, the people are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, clergy, Jesus, pastor, resurrection, Spirit
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When Christians fall short
I’ve been to Ghana in Africa and stood in the room at the Elmina Castle where the male slaves were kept until they were led to a ship to be sent to the Americas. I’ve stood at the doorway where, … Continue reading
Posted in Hard times, Obstacles, Opportunity, Walking the Walk
Tagged Church, clergy, Elmina, forgiveness, Ghana, Jesus, pastor, sanctification
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The House(s) That Built Me
It’s not uncommon for me to sit in the pastor’s office (temporarily called ‘my’ office) or at the front of the church and listen to a song over and over and just sit there crying for various reasons. I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Church, clergy, Faith, house that built me, Jesus, journey, miranda lambert, pastor, United Methodist Church
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A bad time to quit as a pastor
A friend of mine (and someone who goes to church here) works for the federal prison. She sent me an email letting me know that the prison is hiring a “Powerhouse Manager”. She said if I know of anyone who … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts, clergy, conference, depression, Holy Spirit, Jesus, manager, pastor, power, prison, reverend, unemployment, United Methodist Church
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Waiting on a professional
This morning I have a professional drain cleaning guy coming to my house. For the last 10 days I’ve been fighting the sewer lines, thinking I had them whipped only to have small amounts of sewage come up in the … Continue reading
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Tagged clergy, Disciples, drain lines, Jesus, paid church staff, pastor, sewer
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Rebel with a cause – the unpredictability of the Spirit
When you make your living off religion like I do, you can easily move from being a Christ-follower who happens to have a religious profession to being a religious professional who happens to be a Christ follower. Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Church, clergy, control, follow, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 3:8, pastor, Radical, Spirit, UMC
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