A teaching congregation
Last week I attended a pastor peer meeting in the Bluffton area. It was the first time Renee Kanagy, the new pastor of Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship, where I pastored before Columbus, was a part of this group. Over the course of conversation Renee mentioned that she lived in Columbus from…
Listening for a theme
Last Thursday we had an abbreviated September Church Council business meeting in order to use our time doing something else. Our goal was to listen to what the Spirit has been doing among us and discern if there may be an area to which our congregation might be called to…
“A good Christian man”
While trying to figure out what to write about for this week’s blog, I could not get out of my mind a local news story that ran last week about OSU’s move-in day. Perhaps some of you saw it as well. The summary of the story is that a few…
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…
