Boundary Leadership: a Video-Based Small Group Curriculum
BOUNDARY LEADERSHIP AT EMORY The past three years of course work and research in the Emory University community have deeply shaped my view of how community is formed and how Continue Reading
Seeking Sanctuary
This blog is about seeking sanctuary in the Word of God. It addresses the precipitous decline in Scripture as a source of refuge and safety for contemporary Protestants, especially the Continue Reading
Confronting Racism in Chatom, Al
Most of my life, I have lived in large cities where people live in anonymity. I have lived in Buffalo, Indianapolis, Mobile, Bremerhaven, Colorado Springs, Atlanta, and Montgomery. In my Continue Reading
Just As I Am: Believer’s Baptism and Intellectual Disability
Introduction I have a friend named Billy. Billy has been a part of my worshiping community at First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia for about six years. He sits toward the Continue Reading
The Importance of Reflexivity in Cultivating Pastoral Preaching in Response to Communal Trauma
Laying down your life means making your own faith and doubt, hope and despair, joy and sadness, courage and fear available to others as ways of getting in touch with Continue Reading
Oneness: The Eucharist Inspiring Mission
Oneness with Christ, Each Other, and All the World in Eucharist and Mission “By Your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to Continue Reading
Protected: Leading God’s Flock from Rough to Still Water: The Role of the Pastor in Eatonton First United Methodist Church’s Tensions Over Worship
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Ecclesiastical Mentors for Women In Ministry
Developing Intentional Ecclesiastical Mentors for Women in Ministry “Encouraging and Strengthening Others” The locally established African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Women in Ministry groups could benefit from employing their Continue Reading
Halibut for the Homeless: How the Gift of Wasted Food Fostered Friendship in a Local Congregation
Purpose of Project The thrust of my project represents an effort to lead Kingsway Christian Church to find a new mode of ministry that partners with our corporate neighbors. Continue Reading
Gathering at the Table
From Gathered Community to Private Communion Room Noted twenty-first century Baptist historian and scholar, Curtis Freeman argues, “The benefits of salvation are mediated not by pious feelings or individual faith Continue Reading
Improving Communication for the Sake of Community
There’s a famous quote, often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi that says, “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary use words.” As people of faith, communication to others Continue Reading