I am speechless. There was nothing like being called and put on speakerphone with the congregation of Emmanuel Baptist Fellowship and told they wanted me as their interim pastor! After 10 weeks of preaching or teaching in a variety of different congregations this summer, I feel settled and at home. I know where I’ll be …
I really appreciate the men and women who have supported me as I traverse into this new world of ministry. They gave been encouraging, challenging and thoughtful. But I just have to say…I’m not a youth minister. I know I was a teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with my students. I know my …
When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt. I hope and I get discouraged. I love and I hate…to live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and …
It’s amazing to me how people start acting differently around you when you say that you are a minister, but even more so if you say that you are a preacher and even more so if you say you are actually preaching in the near future. There’s a look that crosses their faces accompanied by …
