Sabbatical/D.Min/Summer Reading 2026

It’s already time for me to make my next reading list of the year. I normally wait another month or so to make my summer list, but I want to incorporate two other upcoming events into this post: 1) My 2-month sabbatical from my National Ministries position, which will be all of May and June,Continue reading “Sabbatical/D.Min/Summer Reading 2026”

My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually

For all of May and June, I will be taking a sabbatical from my position at the UCC National Ministries. This was originally meant to take place this past fall, but those plans derailed, and I rescheduled it for now. This will be the third instance that I’ve been afforded sabbatical time. The two priorContinue reading “My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually”

Center: A Mid-Year Check-In

As regular readers know, I’ve been choosing a single word by which to live for the whole year. This year’s word is Center: I’m going to explore what is at my center nowadays. I’ll seek practices and experiences that will help me name it and focus (or re-focus) on it accordingly. And then I wantContinue reading “Center: A Mid-Year Check-In”