Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been going through something. I still don’t know how to name it, and I’m still having trouble even describing it. The best that I can do is to refer to it as an internal shift, though I’m still struggling to grasp what exactly is shifting. Here are aContinue reading “Full Stop”
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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”
Tri-Vocational
When I began in ministry, I was convinced that I was going to be a full-time settled pastor of churches for the entire duration of my career. For various reasons (some of which I discuss in my book The Unintentional Interim), that ended up lasting about 15 years. I left pastoral ministry to work atContinue reading “Tri-Vocational”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 