I have already and will continue to throughout Lent put up some worship materials on the page “Lent 2013” under the Worship Resources heading at the top of the page. I am especially exited about Lenten Promise Cards, something I would like to see at Ash Wednesday services and during the first weeks of Lent [...]
My laptop has been struggling for a while now. Last year I (and by I I mean “I got someone else to”) replaced an important part, and that kept it going for a while. Now it has stopped charging, slowed to a crawl, and goes nuts went I attempt to connect it to the internet. [...]
Can we imagine a church where play and imagination are seen as serious spiritual disciplines? I did training last year in Godly Play. If you’re not familiar, Godly Play is an interactive storytelling method that focused on children’s innate relationship with God. That makes it sound boring… Godly Play tells biblical stories using playful objects [...]
Here are my top book picks for the year 2012: -The Definate-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church, Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow’s new-ish book is a great read and resource for both social media novices and sages. It’s easy to read, easy to find specific things you’re looking for, and connects many dots [...]
Many who know me know that I participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an incredible journey lasting all of November. We quest to write 50,000 words in these 30 days at 1667 words per day with 0 fear. Who would submit themselves to this absurd proposition? Me. And thousands of others. All kinds of [...]
Recently I have been reading through a Psalm each morning, and I find myself repeating a phrase throughout the day. Yesterday the phrase was from Psalm 28 “do not refuse me,” and it sparked the writing of this new hymn. This hymn is dedicated to the Presbyterian Church’s 220th General Assembly which is meeting this [...]
Hey, I’m at Unconference 2012 East (or, Unco12 East). I’ve been blogging on their blog. Take a look! More reflections to come! Day 1 article Day 2 article
Nurturing God, who gathers us up like a mother hen, today we give thanks for those who make Mothers’ Day a happy day, and we pray for those whom Mothers’ Day is not a happy day– For children who mourn mothers, For mothers who mourn children, For people who yearn to conceive but cannot, For [...]
This poem/prayer was written trying to see from the point of view of a disciple of Jesus who was not in the 12 and who was watching the events of Maundy Thursday unfold. Mourning Thursday the prayer of uncertain disciple I expected more. I expected more from a spiritual leader. The parade, the palms, the [...]
A Prayer for Flavor Spicy God, In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus proclaimed we are the Salt for the earth, but sometimes it feels like those who follow Jesus have lost their saltiness. Sometimes it feels like we’ve lost any flavor. Blandness. Boring. Passionless. Start shaking us up, God. Help us recapture the flavor [...]