[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”ministry”]123rf.com[/featured-image] On June 12th (2016), I officially retired from the ministry after being a pastor since 1994. It’s still very new, this being a layman business. But I love it. In fact, I don’t miss the job one single bit. I do greatly miss the wonderful people in my former congregation at WildwindContinue reading “What I’ve Learned Since Leaving the Ministry”
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How Education Does (and does not) Matter
[featured-image link=”null” link_single=”inherit” single_newwindow=”false” alt=”excellence and education”]123rf.com[/featured-image] Someone said to me recently, after reading my bio attached to a syllabus I had prepared, “Do you think we (she’s a professor as well) come across as egotistical with all the stuff we put in our bios? Should we just teach and let it speak for itself?”Continue reading “How Education Does (and does not) Matter”
Learning to Love
Here are core assumptions I am working under for this post: The church has generally done a pretty lousy job being a force of love in the world (not that there are not some exceptions, thank God). Though some individuals are unloving on purpose, most individuals are doing the best they can. Christian leaders areContinue reading “Learning to Love”
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