Category: Empowerment
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Think What You Want to Think and Other Things Pastors Aren’t Supposed to Say
As I said in the video, I feel like this blog was a long time coming. Since I accepted the “call to ministry”, I have wrestled with different ways that I naturally express myself. Here are four things that easily came out of my mouth that made me think I was unqualified for public ministry:…
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The Reality of Diversity and Illusion
Have you ever wondered why–in almost every environment–conversations and programs around diversity and inclusion are so difficult? Why is it that despite efforts to make organizations more diverse, there seems to be little to no substantial development where it really counts? Well, if you watched the above video, you know what my take is. I…
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Let This Cup Pass (Feeling Crappy Is Not a Crime)
Have you ever watched a documentary or life story about some awesome person who did some thing that you know in your heart was the right thing to do, only to walk away feeling kind of like you suck? Here is this person with all of this adversity that they go through to get to…
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Pour Yourself Out (ANTS Commencement Address 2013)
In Joel 2, there is a prophecy that there will be a time when God would pour out God’s own Spirit on all flesh. And it says that when that day comes: “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall…
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The Way of Everyday Greatness
When I think about what characteristics I would like to cultivate most as a minister, I think of Ryan who works at a local Cumberland Farms, a New England chain of convenience stores. He is a minister in the living church that is the world. Ryan, proudly serving customers for 1 year. I call Ryan…
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Belief as a Contextual Framework for Spiritual Application
A few posts ago, I put up what I called “The Roofless Church’s Statement of Faith“. In some ways what I wrote was an accurate account of how I would express my faith if I was forced to do so for some reason or the other. And in some ways what I said was a…
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The Future Is Full of Problems
Recently I have been having a difficult time because everyone knows that I am about to graduate from seminary and they keep asking me what I am going to do when I graduate. No one wants to hear the truth, which is that I don’t know. They are asking me about a future that I…
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The Better Part
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary (From Luke 10) 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. 40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks;…
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