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You really don’t have to do anything
With people trying to fill their time at home, a lot of people think they need to make themselves busy, useful, or needed. You don’t have to. there is no playbook here In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s tempting to think you have something specific to do. But you don’t. No matter what…
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What a Young Pastor Hears When You Talk About Bivocational Ministry
When you talk about bivocational ministry, what I hear is: We don’t value you. [bctt tweet=”The church’s way of saying – figure it out on your own. Oh, and good luck with that.” username=”revdrewdowns”] Put your money where your mouth is Most of us were raised with the idea that value comes from financial…
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The Impractical Life
At some point we have to pick. Some pick at three. I’m a golfer. Or at seventy-three. I’m a priest. We pick a path. A life. Too often, though, we let a life pick us. [bctt tweet=”‘How will you help change the world?’” nofollow=”yes”] I always struggled with the question of what I want to be when I grow…
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Pastor or Priest?
My friend and teacher, the Rev. Dr. D. Jay Koyle teaches that identity and worship is connected with belief and choice. We make decisions for our personal piety and liturgical acts from a place of understanding the purpose behind the choice. Much of our tradition is inherited through piety and local custom, rather than historical…
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The nuisance of divine planting
I fight the grass, forcing its way up through cracks in the sidewalk and driveway like an OCD sentry, defending the palace from natural invasion – grass our persistent interloper. My right thumb, the out side of the pointer, just below the tip, begin to ache, like I’ve been writing with a flat pencil. The outer…
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You Are the Servant Leader
“You’re the pastor” This is the gentle reminder many clergy receive: as if we’ve forgotten. It usually happens when we’ve invited our people into sharing leadership of a ministry. We say “you can do this” and they say “but you’re the pastor”. And for those of us that wear the dog collar, we get reminded…
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Drink Up!
a Sermon for Epiphany 2C Text: John 2:1-11 first things first Jesus has been baptized by John in the Jordan. GOD has spoken. The Spirit has descended like a dove. Last week, we got the kickoff to Jesus’s ministry in the world with a big show. All three parts of the Trinity showing up in…
