I returned to pastoral ministry on October 1st of last year. Here are a few brief scenes from that time… In the middle of a service not too long after I began, two of Our Town’s Finest walked in and sat in the back. One was in uniform, the other in plain clothes. I didn’tContinue reading “Chronicles of a Small Church Pastor”
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Christmas Week: Ultron
Previously: Restart, Frankentree, Bing The Sunday before the season began, a group from the congregation stuck around after worship to decorate the sanctuary. This included the only other family in the church close to my own family’s ages, the youngest of whom is a boy in early elementary school. My sermon that day featured aContinue reading “Christmas Week: Ultron”
First Week of Advent: Restart
My longtime practice for this Advent series has been to choose a single word to title and distinguish each entry, to give it some unique identifier that gives a hint of what readers will find within. I even go so far as to not repeat the use of any word in future years, so thatContinue reading “First Week of Advent: Restart”
