Simplify? Really?

It’s been the mantra of modern spirituality as long as I’ve been involved in modern spirituality. All through my local pastor preparations, throughout seminary, now in the Provisional Leadership Academy, it’s the same. It’s proclaimed in sermons, podcasts, Ted Talks,...

The Tenacity of Hope

Note: I’m doing this in the framework Steve Garnaas-Holmes has given us for reflection, because that’s what the BOM has “blessed.”ExperienceI’m still relationship-building. That finds me in my community in various places at various times. In this case my experience...

Learning to love the word “no”

Not sure why this never really occurred to me before, but I was listening to a podcast about Christ calling the Disciples from a sermon series of Ginghamsburg Church, and the pastor pointed out something that should have been obvious. The Gospels list these accounts...

A beautiful moment

I had a beautiful moment in the coffee shop today. It was crowded, as it often is, and I was just sitting at my table drinking coffee and thinking about marketing problems. ‘Cause the Spirit exists even in the mundane.It’s important (to me at least) to note that I...