Welcome back! It's been a long dry spell here at the faithrants.com blog site, but some new and (hopefully) exciting things are on the horizon for 2012! The first thing you may notice, in addition to the updated theme, is a new page for scheduling speaking engagements & events. As my understanding of my ministry … Continue reading New year, new mission, new opportunities
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It’s complicated.
I left off yesterday’s blog with an encouragement for people who are turned off of the church, or turned away from it, to find a community with which to reconnect. And for our organizational churches to find ways to reach out, quit judging, quit blaming, and welcome our de-churched brothers and sisters into a fellowship … Continue reading It’s complicated.
Angry conversations and the two sons
I mentioned in yesterday's post that two books in particular have served to help me focus my discernment for ministry with folks who have been turned off by, or simply turned away from, churches. The first of these tomes, Angry Conversations with God, is a memoir by Hollywood actress and writer Susan Isaacs. It's a quick … Continue reading Angry conversations and the two sons
A Letter to Mom
As a United Methodist lay speaker, I occasionally get the opporunity to preach to actual churches full of people rather than just the online community that I connect with on Facebook, Twitter and here on Faithrants.com. This morning I was in my home church, First United Methodist of Williamstown, to give a Mother's Day message. … Continue reading A Letter to Mom
Justice is served?
"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!" Was the last thing he said Before the bullet pierced his head. This morning America woke to the news that Public Enemy #1, Osama bin Laden, is dead. The man behind the most brutal terrorist attack on Americans in our nation's history was removed from this life at the hands … Continue reading Justice is served?
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