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Lead with love
We recently finished up a sermon series for church on the book of Titus. It wasn’t the easiest book to preach on, but I am pleased with how it turned out. As I was finishing the last sermon, one refrain that I kept going back to “lead with love” as a way to live out…
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Processing Rob’s Departure
To King’s Cross Church, Grace, mercy (hesed), and peace. How are we supposed to process the events of the past several months? We all respond differently in stressful situations like this. Some of us are uneasy with conflict and strong emotions. Others respond with confident indifference, trying not to feel anything by busying ourselves with…
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The Church Isn’t a Service Industry
I didn’t get around to writing for over two months, but it’s not for lack of activity. It’s been busy. Our church has been busy trying to get back on track while covid and leadership stress/burnout have been throwing a barrage of banana peels and turtle shells at us. And as I’ve been talking and…
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A Slow Deconstruction
I’m in the midst of a slow deconstruction and I’m trying to work out how to potentially transition well in both mind and heart. The tricky thing about being an ordained minister is that you take vows. I’ve served in churches before where I’ve disagreed with some aspect of the church’s beliefs or practices and…
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The Love of Reading
Multiple times a week, a thought goes through my head that I’ve never really written down before: “I love that my daughters read.” If you went through my photos, sprinkled throughout you’ll find random photos I take of my kids, fully absorbed in a book. Without exception, every one of those photos was taken by…
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Arizona Trip 2022
Just a photo dump from our trip. I really liked this trip. Maybe it was the timing. I didn’t think I needed it as much as I did. One of the first things we did was hike Camelback. It was quite a hike. Lots of scrambling needed. Most of my pictures are in the back…
