I put the video embedded below on my other social networking feeds yesterday, but I felt it was a good fit for today’s blog post. Especially since I posted a sermon yesterday. On Saturday, April 18, Central Baptist Church held a Chili Cook-Off fundraiser to support the Cedars of Lebanon Campaign – helping to raise…
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Memories
On Saturday I was privileged to speak at Riverview Estates’ “Founder’s Day.” My message makes up today’s blog post. Memory is a powerful thing. It ties us to a reality greater than the world immediately around us. It connects our personal journey to the journeys of other people — past, present, and future. It reminds…
Getting the call
As part of our Annual Session celebration this year, The American Baptist Churches of New Jersey is putting together a book of pastor testimonies. These are to be based on one of several journey themes, and be limited to 200 words! As my contribution to this project, I wrote about how I got called to…
How about asking why?
This past Saturday I was privileged to lead a workshop on “Projecting Worship” at the Essex Association annual meeting. The folks who joined me at the seminar were a pleasure to work with, which made a rainy day a lot more fun! The temptation for technology seminars is often to jump right to the “how”…
Hello 2013
The last several years as December has drawn to a close I’ve taken time to reflect on the year past. As I prepared to sit down this year and write my 2012 reflection, however, I drew a blank. Instead, I began to think about my hopes for 2013. So now I write to you my…
Weird Ministry
Yesterday I was at ABCNJ’s annual COAL event. It was a great time, and I was able to connect with many people from around the region. I did not, however go to any of the sessions I had signed up for – I had work to do. A video was scheduled to play during the…
