Tag: ministry
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Learning to be brave and mend with gold
There are two books that are actively on my mind now. This summer I started a book discussion group around the recently released (I think April 2026) We Mend With Gold by Kristin T. Lee. The subtitle of the book, An Immigrant Daughter’s Reckoning with American Christianity, says a lot. We’ve had one meeting about…
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reflections on year two: am i okay now?
I’ve delayed posting my annual reflection on My Story at King’s Cross Church — longer than I needed anyway. Last year, I made a series of posts, the final which I wrote in late-December out of necessity; it just took me that long to work through my thoughts and feelings. Last year when I reread…
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The AI Powered ImPastor
I was recently in a room with other pastors taking a look at some new AI tools designed to help day-to-day work. We were trying out a few AI tools with a similar feature set: essentially the tools would take a sermon manuscript (or produce a transcript from an audio recording), and from that source…
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Ella Baker, the Anti-celebrity
My kids attend The Ella Baker School, a progressive un-zoned public school in midtown Manhattan. For all the years we’ve been in this school community, I’ve only had a vague understanding of the school’s namesake. At one point, someone had described her as the wise grandmotherly figure behind much of the Civil Rights Movement, and…
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Rest and watch. Don’t be in a hurry.
It’s been almost 2 months since I wasn’t allowed to stay at my former church of almost 11 years. It’s been difficult. I’ve been writing about it since early October but I don’t know when I’ll finish. So taking a break from writing my story so that I could let other ideas out while that…
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Ignorance, grace, and fruitfulness
One afternoon, after church, I was chatting with a church member who was reflecting on her childhood upbringing at her church. In particular, she recalled with fondness a series of youth revival events called “Jesus Generation” that were held at her church. When she mentioned it, I wasn’t sure if she was punking me. I…