A perfect example of a pastor speaking when he’s out of his depth. Please don’t get your medical advice from someone who doesn’t have a degree in counseling or psychology. This is why I’m quick to refer people when their need is beyond what I can help with.

Church revitalization in a nutshell

Welcome back, Jim Leyland! 💛

Ke'Bryan Hayes is the first Pirates third baseman to ever win a Gold Glove.

Congratulations again, Ke! 👏

Seems like a good day for a giveaway 😏

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When you aren’t sufficiently formed in the way of Christ to be able to separate people from “ideology:”

With the release of Beyoncé’s country album, I can’t wait for Willie Nelson’s R&B album to drop.

Had to stop in the street a little ways from the church because a chicken was crossing the road.

.Andrew Kessell, straighten your state out!

The Bishop’s right.

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Do I have any friends that could help me translate a phrase into Latin? Either “Revitalized and Ever Revitalizing” or “Renewed and Ever Renewing.”

Pastoral leaders who rely more on positional authority than relational influence may get some things done, but it’s not likely they will build true community.

True pastoral leadership always values people over projects.

Last night, at our Ash Wednesday service, a particularly poignant moment was when all three of my kids decided to come forward for the imposition of ashes and I reminded them that they are dust and to dust they shall return.

“In the trinitarian economy and in the order of creation, we find a hierarchy of authority.”

To quote Keith Foskey, “That’s a heresy.”

It’s an interesting point of convergence to see both my super conservative and liberal Christian friends complain about the “He Gets Us” commercials.

If you watched the Super Bowl halftime show with the sound off, you could hear the faint sound of the knees of 30-something-year old women cracking.

At the rate we’re going, the “winner” of the 2024 Trump-Biden debates might be whoever can accurately identify what city they’re in.

He wasn’t even Defensive Player of the Year in the AFC North.

“Prayer is the life-long process of becoming a peculiar kind of person who learns to exercise a particular kind of power for the good of the world and the glory of God.”
—J. D. Walt