Community Chaplaincy: Chaplaincy in the Margins
The Lightbulb Moment I was in the middle of a training session for new Executive Directors in the state of Oklahoma. We were all fresh on the job, within a Continue Reading
Category: Church Leadership and Community Witness
Healing the Broken Relationship: The Black Church and The Black Lives Matter Generation
Can you imagine the death of the Black Church? An institution that derives from the suffering, pain, and oppression of black individuals, the foundational spiritual organization for the empowerment of Continue Reading
Awaken: Rediscovering God’s Call to Justice
Introduction On June 2, 2019, I began serving as Pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church (SMBC) in Jacksonville, Florida. The Church, SMBC, is in a neighborhood known as Continue Reading
Protected: Model for Implanting Intergenerational Ministry in Single Traditional Churches
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Structured for Mission: District Connectionalism Simplified
Bishop Kenneth Carder explains that United Methodist’s “connectionalism . . . is an expression of our understanding of the church as the body of Christ, with each part of the Continue Reading
Strategies to Engage Black Millennials – The Sling-Shot Generation
Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power. Psalm 145:4 Church and the Millennial Challenge Church growth and retention is a desire Continue Reading
Virtual Rector
Introduction In January 2020, I accepted the call to be the Rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church and Preschool in San Diego. This is a pastoral size congregation, located in Continue Reading
What Should We Wear: The Clergy Clothing Quandry
What Should She Wear? She stands in her closet on a Sunday morning, thinking about what she should wear to lead worship that day. As she rifles through the hangers, Continue Reading
From Butts in the Pews to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance
From “Butts in the Pews” to Views: How to Calculate Online Worship Attendance COVID-19 Worship Changes In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a drastic change in worship practices for Florence Continue Reading
Reshaping The Church’s Ministry to Incarcerated Persons and their Families
The church’s responsibility to the children of the incarcerated Ministry to the Fatherless and Motherless Introduction As the Director of Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries’ Transition to Work Program in Continue Reading