CHILDREN'S MINISTRY High Five! Five Ways to Communicate with Parents November 02, 2016 0 Comment Not everyone owns a horse. Most of us don’t have the luxury of galloping through town shouting Paul-Revere-esque announcements to …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION What We Leave Behind October 31, 2016 0 Comment It’s strange, driving down a back road through farm country in October when the corn has been harvested and the …
PASTORAL MINISTRY How the Church Can Help Recovering Addicts: Part 2 October 27, 2016 0 Comment This is part two of a series about addiction and the church. You can read part 1 here. When I …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY Eleven Minutes: Focusing on Your Mission in Ministry October 26, 2016 1 Comment Ignore the blue dragon. That’s the first step to completing my daily, after-work mission. This plastic, mythical creature resides at …
THEOLOGY Uncategorized Our Turn to be Odd October 24, 2016 0 Comment I suppose I’ve come full circle. Growing up in a holiness church in southern Mississippi, I believed we Nazarenes, we …
THEOLOGY The Lost Practice of Obedience December 21, 2017 0 Comment There is a notion that comes out of the monastic tradition of the early church that obedience to one’s superiors …
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY Pastoring All Generations May 22, 2018 0 Comment “You are not the future of the church; you are the church right now!” These are words that I was …
THEOLOGY The Messiah and Suffering December 06, 2018 0 Comment Sometimes I wonder if we’ve forgotten what a cross was. We adorn our necks and our sanctuaries with crosses, often …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Shepherding and Leaning on the Lord August 05, 2019 0 Comment Moses spoke to the Lord: “Let the Lord, the God of all living things, appoint someone over the community who …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Baptism Liturgies for All Ages February 13, 2020 0 Comment Baptism is a sacrament open to all believers, affirmed by Scripture and the Holy Spirit, and modeled by Jesus himself. …