There are days when I just don’t think I have any pastoral gifts at all and my calling is just a joke people are playing on me to which I haven’t figured out the punch line. Then there are days when I manage to do something useful by God’s grace. When I turn around and…
Tag: Ministry
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…
Oh the workflow
This past week I went to a local pastor’s luncheon. It’s made up of some wonderful people, but I was reminded again of how alien I am to the world in which my local peers function. Sometimes I find it depressing. What reminded me of my outsider status this past week was the reports in…
From the Garden to the City – Perspective
Note: Click here to follow the rest of the blog tour on this chapter. John opens up chapter 1 by dealing with a truth that most of us fail to realize – we are all heavy technology users. HE illustrates his own discovery of this truth through a story of his time as a youth…
The Ups and Downs of Life
I’ve been quite busy the last couple of weeks, just trying to keep my head above water. A week of snow days will do that on under “normal” circumstances but the rather large “to do” list, along with the range that list covered, has really kept me treading water. It’s not been a bad journey,…
A recent itch..
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…
