Dear Church, Summer is a gorgeous time here in NE Ohio where all is green. As the poet Joe Pintauro wrote, “Green is a God color.” Summer is also a very busy time for pastors. We’re busy planning for the fall, and we have a lot of cool things to look forward to! Rev’d… Read More »
Rooted and Generative
Our staff took a retreat in August and we’re about to retreat in Advent. We gathered to pray and plan where we would need to go this year. My friend, the Rev. Joanna D’Agostino from Lakewood Congregational gave a sermon on Jeremiah 17:7-8, “Like a tree planted by water.” She stated how it’s good to… Read More »
Healthy Communication
Dear Church, I have handled a lot of questions around my Resigned Sermon from two weeks ago and I wanted to take the opportunity to clarify a few things. My working hypothesis of the great resignation of pastors stems from unhealthy communication. One way we will avoid burn out and toxic behavior is putting boundaries around… Read More »
Fall 2022
Dear Church! This fall we have a lot of great things lined up! The Worship Team wanted to explore what it means to be a Christian Community. That’s the over-arching theme this fall as we explore various aspects of our Christian Community including it’s purpose, implications and our own roles and obligations Our first exploration will be called Beautiful Together. Being… Read More »
Summer Pastor’s Corner
Hey Church! I hope all is well with you and your families. I pray you’ve found some rest. The talking heads are saying that this is the busiest summer we’ve had in three years. All the things we couldn’t do or were too cautious to do have come around this summer. Remember: Sabbath is a… Read More »
Tune Yourself with Prayer
A friend recently gifted me with a guitar. He wasn’t playing it and wanted to get it to someone who would play it. But I’m sure there’s something wrong with it. I took it to Woodsy’s. I bought new strings. I borrowed an amp of a musician in the church. But there’s definitely something wrong… Read More »
PASTOR’S CORNER April 2022
Spring is hypothetically here, although as I write this the snow is coming down on this Tuesday morning following Easter. We’ve closed the books on the Good Enough series, where we learned how to set the bar a little lower and give ourselves permission to rest. We’ve asked God for guidance in fixing the things… Read More »
Holy Week 2022
Hey my Good Enough Friends, With Holy Week soon upon us, our Encounter Group will not be meeting as regularly. The final days before we break for the summer will be April 11 & 25, and then May 2, 9 & 16. It has been a really fun encountering you and our discussion around the… Read More »
On being co-creators
This past Monday and Tuesday, I co-led a clergy retreat at Bellwether Farm. It was an amazing time The purpose of the retreat was to remind and rekindle a sense of call. I was reminded of my call. I’m on a mission to re-humanize the church. The church is not the structure, the budget, the… Read More »
January 2022 Pastor’s Corner
I’ll structure this in our Herrmann Brain Dominance (from our Project Worship Series) as a reminder and as a way to cover all the ways of communication. Here we go! YELLOW (Idea/why): The idea of this season is: More Light and Truth. We’ll talk about the importance of the bible. We’ll do a little Christian… Read More »
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