A learning tour
Earlier this summer I was accepted to be a part of a twelve day learning tour in November to Israel/Palestine. Mennonite Central Committee has been leading these tours for the last few years, giving church leaders the opportunity to become acquainted first hand with the daily realities of life there. …
Spirituality types
The Alban Institute puts out helpful essays about church life and this week I came across an archived article titled, “Spiritual Identity and Worship Planning.” The author draws from the work of Urban T. Holmes who wrote a book called Discover Your Spiritual Type which names four types of spiritual…
Message Received
Last week approximately 20-30 children gathered at the church every evening between Sunday and Thursday for Vacation Bible School. A big thanks to all who helped make VBS possible this year. It would not have happened without the willing and graceful leadership of organizers, teachers, snack preparers, game leaders, craft…
Hashtags, polity, and buzzwords
If you were unable to attend worship on Sunday you missed a wonderful celebration of Mark’s credentialing, including a powerful sermon reflecting on Jesus’ parable of the banquet in Luke 14. We were honored to have numerous out of town guests (32 to be precise), many from Central District Conference,…
Geologic time
Our family arrived back from vacation last Thursday night. We had all driven out to Kansas City, Eve and me staying for the Convention, Abbie taking Lily and Ila on to her hometown of Quinter in Western Kansas. After Convention we joined up in Quinter and spent a week in…
