Teaching and Learning
Over the past few years, our congregation has enjoyed having various pastoral interns work among us. When we are approached by people seeking to intern with us, it is often with the expressed hope that our congregation has something to teach them as they test out their gifts in ministry. …
Sketching the story
Even though I’ve had my back to it for much its creation, The Sketch (feels like it should be capitalized) has been a rich part of Lent worship. The idea came out of an initial observation that the scripture readings for each week of Lent this year contain key images…
Priesthood, Vulnerability, and Sacred Space
“A priest is someone who stands in a place of remarkable vulnerability, and by doing so, invites other people to enter the sacred.” I am currently reading the book Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity by Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman,…
Retreat and vision
Last Saturday the CMC Leadership Team had a retreat. For newer folks, LT is the church board. An annual board retreat is part of a church structure model we’ve been moving toward in the last couple years. We’re taking our cues from Dan Hotchkiss’s book Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board…
Swamped
These past two weeks I’ve had an unusually high amount of conversations with CMC folks who are overwhelmed with their jobs. Overly busy, swamped, worn down, exhausted, exasperated. I started noticing a pattern last week, then it kept coming. This is likely not an unusual condition. It’s just unusual for…
