Vacationing
I’ve taken this week off of church ministry to accomplish two things:
I’ve taken this week off of church ministry to accomplish two things:

I got a phone call at the church on Wednesday. An unfamiliar woman was looking for our congregational care pastor and was accidently redirected to my extension. She had an urgent prayer request for her daughter who was on her way to the hospital. She needed a miracle. The woman called me back at home…

Now that my contract as interim lead pastor has been extended, I thought it would be appropriate to share how I’m feeling and how it has affected my family life. The details: on March 1st I moved from being the director of worship and the arts to the role of interim lead pastor. It was…

I got some bad news on Tuesday. Our Pontiac–the Cadillac of mini-vans–is dying Rotten frame. That was my mechanic’s diagnosis after trying to attach the hoist to something solid. He figures it’ll last the summer. It’s funny. The outside is fiberglass so it looks great. It’s underneath–the part you can’t see–that’s showing evidence of decay….

I’m finished the second book. A while ago I committed myself to reading Eugene Peterson’s colossal five volume spiritual theology series. Tonight I finished Tell it Slant: a conversation on the language of Jesus in his stories and prayers. Two pages from the end my mind flipped back to my weekend experience. Here’s what happened….

Last week I spent a couple of days on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University for a Christian Higher Education Canada gathering. The conference theme was “Calling and Vocational Christian Ministry: the Landscape is Changing.” Three presenters and three respondents spoke about three areas of interest: the phenomena of multi-vocational ministry, the rise of people…

A couple of weeks ago I announced that I was going to start praying for change. What I didn’t say was that I invited the rest of our staff team to join with me. And since my invitation, we’ve met three times. We spend 1/2 hour talking openly about the transition and 1/2 hour praying…