In my early days of ministry, after graduating from seminary, I invested time and energy into writing for the church. I mostly wrote curriculum for youth and adults. And I wrote a couple of small books, also for teaching in…
Orientation. Disorientation. Reorientation. This week is orientation for many people going back to school… including me! I’m starting a new teaching appointment for the coming year. And orientation begins this morning. The week has hardly begun and already I have…
In this week’s episode of the Three Minute Ministry Mentor, I share a story from my first call in ministry. I have preached about thisย moment when I missed the point, thinking the call was for someone else. In particular…
Last week I joined ministers and seminary professors from all over the US and Canada at the bi-annual meeting of the Association of Theological Field Education (ATFE) in Asheville, North Carolina. I feltย encouraged and hopeful in the time I…
Lenten Lights X ~ Learning from Failureย I don’t know much about failure as a student. I came wired for academic success and achievement. I also came wired with tremendous shame about failures of any kind.ย No one ever really showed…
Lenten Lights V ~ Shattered Visions “Failure is an orphan until we give it a narrative.” – Sarah Lewis, The Rise I’ve been contemplating failure. And I’m inviting you to think with me about it. It is not usually a…