As many of you know the Presbyterian Church (USA) is meeting in our General Assembly starting today, so I offer this prayer for all the people involved and the decisions they will be making. FYI: used some inspiration from the Prayer of St. Augustine. A Prayer for PC(USA) General Assembly 220 Living God, Pour out [...]
Did you ever sing that song? “I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together! All who follow Jesus all around the world, yes, we’re the church together!” I learned that song while working with a children’s ministry at a Disciples of Christ church in Missouri. It was one of the [...]
Yesterday I received an urgent text from a friend asking if I had seen what Bruce Reyes-Chow had just posted on Facebook. I quickly looked him up and found a post on both Facebook and Twitter reading: Having a very interesting convo about community in the gaming world. “Where to they find community?” If you [...]
In my last post I stated that young adults want to matter in church communities. They want their presence to make a difference, to have a share in what is created, to have their point of view honored, to be useful, to learn and teach, to know and be known, to be themselves without fearing [...]
It’s time to stop blaming young adults. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for “leaving” the church. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for the declining membership of churches. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for being too disinterested, too busy with other things, too caught up in social media. The church [...]
I am in the second full week at my summer internship. My co-intern and I were together all last week for orientation and whatnot, but this week we split up to go to different churches. It’s really hard to go into a church for only a week or two. Churches are complicated. (Understatement of the [...]
At Unconference East I participated in a breakout group discussing how to raise funds for innovative ministries. Here are some highlights. -Many people have creative ministry ideas but don’t have the resources to formulate a sustainable business plan -Many local/national church structures are aware they need to fund new ministries but may or may not [...]
I’m not usually someone who wakes up on Monday morning and decides to wax theologically or poetically about life or ministry, particularly not before 8am; but this morning is a bit of a different morning. It’s my first morning at a new ministry job, and I know several of my friends are starting CPE today [...]