Today was a day full of activity…meetings, emails, and phone conversations. The work of a pastor is not a weekend gig and neither is it a 9-5, clock-in/clock-out kind of vocation. I love serving the church, but it requires us to wear a lot of …
Read MoreThe Peaceable Jesus I Have Come to See: A Response to Michael Kennedy
I am thrilled to be able to move a Twitter conversation (with its 140-character limitation) to the blog. This post is a response to my friend Pastor Michael Kennedy who leads Crosspoint Community Church in Dublin, Georgia. We began a conversation on Twitter in response …
Read MoreSo what do I tell a new Christian to do? (Cyprian’s 120 Instructions)
“The grace of God ought to be gratuitous.” – Cyprian (third-century Christian bishop) I am a Discipleship Pastor, which means I am a Pastor Pastor, because the entire pastoral vocation consists in guiding people in the way of faithful Christian discipleship. I have often wondered what …
Read MoreReflections on the Prince of Peace
We are coming to the end of the second week of Advent in 2013 and the theme for this week is peace. So my thoughts this week, as we prepare ourselves for Christmas, has been upon one of the titles given to Jesus, the title …
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