Why does God want me to work on refining myself?
Why would God care what I do during Lent?
Why is all of this important?
Marriage is the act of making impossible things possible, and ordinary things extraordinary. God gives us life-long partners so that we can practice the love that He has for us, the miraculous love, the legendary love - the love that would be out of reach on our own.
What wheel in your life needs attention?
Mind?
Body?
Spirit?
I’m learning that the most freeing thing I can do for myself is to make a mission statement. These seemingly simple statements have the power to liberate even the hardest choice. A mission statement is a filter that breaks the chains of disagreement, discord and ambiguity.
When I started at Centerville UMC, I got some great advice from a bunch of friends who are pastors. I took the parts of their ideas that I liked the best and turned them into an idea that is going to change our church for the foreseeable future.
What do you do when someone has given you something you can never repay?
What do you say to people who have sacrificed so much of their time?
How can you ever thank someone enough?
I thought to myself that once I made it past Christmas Eve I would be able to get some things done. I’d finally have a little bit of breathing room to prepare for all of the change that is happening in the next week or so.
I want to thank all of you who supported me and this blog. Special shout out to my lovely wife Karen, without her this would all be for not. She is my rock.
As a young pastor in my first appointment I’ve found myself in a lot of different emotional places lately....
This Christmas brings with it a season of new beginnings for our church family. From my appointment to our church in November, our family’s move into the parsonage to all of the new guests visiting our church home, it is a thrilling time to be part of the family here at Centerville UMC.