Every now and again I get an itch to be doing something other than what I’m currently doing. This isn’t because I’m feeling unfulfilled in my current calling (what my friend Frank called “Target Days” because he wants to chuck it all and go work at Target). Rather, I get an itch because I see…
Category: Pastoring
A Wonderful Image
If you viewed the slide-show from the retreat you’ve already seen these images, but I wanted to put them together in sequence because I find them wonderfully provoking. As I progressed out of Evangelicalism™ one of the things I found myself coming back to again and again was the statment, “There is a difference between…
Retreat Reflections
This is belated, but I got stranded in Hershey, PA the day after the retreat so I’m sharing now. This past weekend the Eastern University Student Chaplains held their third annual winter retreat at Central Baptist. It’s a big weekend for me, as my wife and I were both chaplains while we were at Eastern…
Wit Whiz…
I’ve been pondering the state of discipleship among Christians in America. I have friends from a wide-range of traditions, Anabaptist, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican – and each has brought up similar issues, “Why don’t people want to go deep in their faith?” The reason is that we are used to having thing processed…
A Nice Visit…
I was on vacation this week, so I took the opportunity to visit Spring Mount Mennonite Church, which is where my friend Chris Pastors. When I’m on vacation, but at home, I’ll often just worship at Central Baptist anyway – it’s the worshiping community I’m part of, after all. Frequently, however, I like to go…
What I Live For…
Over the last week I’ve experienced two things which reinforced the fact that I’m actually called to this ministry – despite my constant feelings of being woefully inadequate. The first came when one person from our community stepped way out of her comfort-zone, stood up in front of a large crowd, and exercised her wonderful…
