Faith is Enough We make Church too hard. We have created a country club and not the big party God intended it to be. So how do we make something easy so dang hard? Relying on Laws and Not Faith — Denominations and the Church have statements of faith and…

I noticed something heartwrenching today. We watched a video yesterday of Tyre Nichols, a man, being tortured and murdered, and today, nothing changed. Nothing changed. White Americans posted smiling selfies and status updates, and Black Americans posted selfies of their favourite teams and their latest culinary creation. It was as…

Utilizing practices of ministry can be like picking up rocks during a long hike. As one walks, one picks up a beautiful rock that serves its purpose. Some rocks, the skills, practices, and activities a pastor acquires maybe used during an entire career. Other rocks are specific to a context…

The Resident Rabbi Leading Believers to Light Introduction Pastors spend many hours on tasks unrelated to theology. They work on budgets, help to design new programs, and visit the sick and shut-in. Considering the more essential questions of faith and preparing congregants to approach their faith, worship, and scripture with…

So what is prayer? We have all called on God at some point in our lives to get through a crisis, but what is it specifically? Prayer is 3 things… 1. Prayer is sometimes talking to God, not in fancy petitions but in your language, fancy, profane, academic, however, you…

Don’t be afraid of hard times or change! This week’s reading Matthew leads us to John the Baptist, a prophet working in a desolate place. Have you ever been in a desolate place? Have you ever been in a place where you feel God, and have a calling to do…

Are you open to the supernatural In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 3, we see John the Baptist, a prophet, in the wilderness calling people out of the settlements to come to be baptized. This beautiful writing evokes the wandering of the Israelites in the desert within Exodus. He predicts…

Simple Easy Things 10 Things Your Family Can Do During Advent 1. Buy an Advent Wreath for your table and light a candle each week. 2. Buy an Advent Calendar for a child or even yourself!!! 3. Set up a culturally appropriate Nativity scene. Have it reflect your culture. 4…

Advent is here! This Sunday marks the First Sunday of Advent. Advent marks the Christian New Year. It is the Year of Matthew! And we get a birth narrative. Matthew has a genealogy and it’s important because this tells us the core of the story that Matthew intends to tell…