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Showing posts with label ELCA. Show all posts

Announcing My New Call

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Earlier this week, I sent a letter to the members of St. John Lutheran Church, announcing my new call as the Pastor of Spirit of Joy! Luther...

Bishop Chat 1/23/14

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The second Bishop Chat took place on January 23, 2014. Talking with Bishop Mike Rinehart and others about the theme of Sabbath. [ View t...

#BishopChat

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The inaugural #BishopChat took place today. The idea for the chat came out of a conversation between Bishop Mike Rinehart and me. We though...

An Open Letter to the New Presiding Bishop

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Last month, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the denomination that I belong to, elected the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton to be o...

Review: "Pastrix" by Nadia Bolz-Weber

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I encountered the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber when I started blogging at "Postings from Prairie Hill" about 6 years ago and she was wr...

The Secret of Ministry

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There is one fact of ministry that cannot be emphasized enough. We talk about the long hours pastors work, and the tendency for burnout. W...

Get Your Groove On

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ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, getting his groove on at the Southeastern Synod Assembly, 2013. Learning the Cupid Shuffle from...

"Do We Mean It?" Pentecost 2013

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"Do We Mean It?" A sermon for the Pentecost Sunday, preached at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill on May 19, 2013. Text:...

2013 Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Assembly

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What does a Synod Assembly look like on Twitter?  The 2013 Assembly of the TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod met May 16-18 at Camp Allen. The asse...

The Best Advice Ever

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What do you say to someone who is thinking about seminary? How can you encourage someone who might be called to ordained ministry?  Ve...

The Ends of the Earth, Easter 4C

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A sermon for the 4th Sunday of Easter, preached at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill on April 14, 2013. We welcomed the Rev. Mike R...

5 Pieces of Advice for New Pastors

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For the last year, I have served as Dean of my local conference. For those not in the ELCA, a conference is a small geographically defined d...

Dangerous Love, Epiphany 4C

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"Dangerous Love" A sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Year C). Preached at St. John Lutheran Church of Prairie Hill on ...

Leading Leaders

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Every January, the congregational council of St. John sets aside to talk about the year ahead. We talk about our dreams for the future of St...

A week in the life of the Parson

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My friend and colleague, Clint Schnekloth , recently challenged his Lutheran pastor friends to share a summary of our experiences during the...

(Clerical) Suit Up!

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The dog collar. The flea collar. Clerical collar. Roman collar. Tab Collar. Whatever you call it, the stiff white collar worn by many cl...

What do you do, Pastor?

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In a group of Lutheran clergy, the topic of "What does the pastor do?" recently came up. We all agreed that there are many thing...

Ministry Where the Wild Things Are

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Today, Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the classic Where the Wild Things Are , died. I didn't call it a "children's...

Thank You

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Given all the new people reading this little blog of mine, I feel like I should say something witty and clever. Now that you're here, I ...

Get Rid of Your Crappy Pastor!

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(This post has attracted a lot of attention since first published. Thank you. Please check out my follow up post as well.) I simply canno...