After Seventeen Years It Is Time To Say Goodbye
Serving as a fire chaplain and as part of the Corps of Fire Chaplains has added a dimension to my ministry that I never thought I would have.
Tag: Ministry
Sermon: Take Heart
The healing of Bartimaeus is the last of the healing stories in Mark, and it is significant in that it points to the continued blindness of the disciples as to ...
Sermon: At Home with God
On Sunday, August 26, 2018, I had the honor of offering the Sunday Morning Worship Service for reenactors and others at the Red Apple Farm in Philipston, Massac...
Sermon: The Grateful Society
This sermon is part of a series based on the book Grateful, The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks by Diana Butler Bass. In my “From the Pastor” ...
Reflection: Church as a Place of Healing
One of the tasks of my ministry as an interim minister is to assist the congregation in taking a look at themselves and all of their ministries. It is not an e...
The world needs properly trained clergy
Certain professions, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, auto mechanics require a certain level of education and competence. One would not con...
Predictions of the Future Church
As a follow-up to my last post, I am reaching back to a post from February of 2015 written by pastor and blogger Carey Nieuwhof. I mentioned in previous posts t...
Thom Rainer’s Major Trends for 2017
The church of the 21st century is going to require pastors to acquire a new set of tools. The church, and by that I mean all churches, has never been very good...
Why People are Leaving the Church
One of the responsibilities of anyone in pastoral leadership is to be able to answer the question of why people are leaving your church. I know this will ruffl...
Is the Church Dying?
“The church is not dying, it is merely relocating to the streets” – Rev. Traci Blackmon The question of whether or not the church is dying is ...