Someone said just about the nicest thing they could say to me this week when I was out on a pastoral visit . “I love having you over because we’re just talking, it’s not like you’re ‘company.’” While I am quite comfortable with my calling as a pastor, I’ve never been comfortable with being The…
Tag: Pastoring
Pastoring is a 24/7 gig. This doesn’t always mean that you’re constantly being called for things, but it does mean that your mind/heart never stop pondering the state of the congregation you’ve been called to.
Why I Love Lent
Of all the seasons in the Church year, Lent is the one to which I’m most drawn. It’s a season of spiritual reset and reorientation, a deliberate move to be joined to the story of Jesus. While I appreciate the other seasons of the Church year, Lent is the one which absolutely refuses to make…
Drifters
I don’t have much to say on this one. Any pastor can relate to the existence of “drifters.” People in a hopeless search for a perfect community in which they don’t have to feel any tension. Unfortunately for drifters, the tension 1 we feel in community is partly how the Holy Spirit leads us into…
The Celebrity
I’ve written about this before, but I’m seeing it pop up the last couple of weeks and thought to reflect again. Our culture loves the idea of “celebrity,” and this notion has impacted the church a lot more than Christians like to admit. We have own celebrities – worship leaders, musicians, and pastors – and…
A look into my head
I’m a regular in a podcast called “Theotek” and was recently profiled in a “get to know the team” interview. The video is embedded below, and to help with viewing I’ve listed some points of interest in the conversation. If you watch only one segment I encourage you to jump to around 32:17. At that…
Visitors
While many dark things happened this weekend, I was blessed to have two friends visiting us for worship on Sunday. It’s always fun when I have friends experience my Central Baptist family, and I snapped this photo when they weren’t looking. And turned them into a comic. While I wasn’t concerned with what my friends…
