Below is the sermon I preached earlier this month at the CPM meeting where I was certified ready to receive a call. I got great feedback, and if I preach this again I will tweak some things. For now, I have kept it as I preached it. Will you pray with me? Holy Spirit, come [...]
Yesterday the committee overseeing my ordination process certified me ready to receive a call. Now I can start writing the long resume form my denomination uses for everyone looking for ministry jobs, and basically I can start formally looking for jobs really soon. I know about the realities of finding ministry jobs in the current [...]
Note: This post was written between Sunday January 29th and Wednesday February 1. It was delayed because it discusses the PC(USA) biblical exegesis ordination exam, and I signed an honor statement saying I wouldn’t discuss the exam during the exam. I am publishing this without editing it post-exam. As I write my biblical exegesis [...]
After reading my last post about reclaiming foolishness in a long-term vision in the church, my friend “Kelly” who is a spiritual-but-not-religious young adult asked the question: If you can minister anywhere at anytime, why bother with the ordination process? First, a clarification on what ordination is in the Presbyterian tradition. “Ordination is an action [...]