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 [...]
As I’m preparing to graduate I have to do a graduation audit. I’ve discovered I’ve taken over 30 credits of “unnecessary” classes. Meaning, classes I didn’t need to fulfill a specific requirement. I did need the credit hours to graduate, but I think it’s really interesting looking over the classes I chose to take for [...]
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 [...]
My seminary has changed to a different schedule this year, so everyone is taking at least 12 hours in the fall semester. I am catching up on my practical theology requirements since I transferred to the dual (MDiv/MA in Christian Education) later in my seminary education. I’m taking 13 hours. Here are my courses this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sunday April 22nd is Earth Day! Check out Presbyterians for Earth Care resources. You can also learn more on the Greenfaith site. Litany for Earth Day (Based on Gen 1:12, 26-28 and Psalm 96:11-12) One: Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Many: Let the sea roar, and let the field exclaim! [...]
Head over to Bruce Reyes-Chow’s blog to see my guest blog on young adults and worship. After getting published in Unbound and now having a guest blogger appearance, I’m thinking of calling myself “a writer.”