No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins,Continue reading “Wineskins and Panic”
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I Regret to Announce That I Have Begun Bullet Journaling
When I was pastoring local churches, I was able to come up with a relatively simple system for organizing my daily and weekly tasks. Due to the weekly rhythm of sermon and worship preparation, I discovered what parts of that process worked best to be accomplished on certain days. Then I could factor in regularContinue reading “I Regret to Announce That I Have Begun Bullet Journaling”
What I Love Doing
Jan Edmiston has been a favorite online voice of mine for many years. She blogs almost daily about issues facing people in ministry, churches, and denominations as Christendom continues to crumble. Recently, she shared a question from a colleague: What are you paid to do that you love doing? The idea behind the question isContinue reading “What I Love Doing”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 