Knowing in Our Bones
Since being called to serve as a “Pastor of Christian Formation,” I often find myself thinking about the notion of formation. How are we formed? Who are we being formed to be? In what ways is our formation either conscious or unconscious, explicit or implicit? What does Christian formation look…
Commitment and the Art of Mentoring
In a few weeks, on February 1, six of the youth in our congregation will be leading us in the Coming of Age Celebration. As part of that worship service, we will also be kicking off the Mentoring Program by officially matching up each of the youth with a mentor…
Joyfully Unafraid
Two weekends ago, Joel and I both had the opportunity to be a part of Fabulous, Fierce, and Sacred: A Gathering of Anabaptist lgbtqa* Community in Chicago, and I wanted to take some time to reflect on that experience. For those that don’t know, the conference was planned by various…
Enlarging Our Horizons
These past couple weeks have been quite eventful for Columbus Mennonite Church because of all the press we have received related to my installation. I really appreciated Joel’s thoughts from last week’s blog about how we might respond to people who do not affirm the congregation’s decision to call me…
Important Work
(This is my first foray into the world of mid-week blogging, so I apologize for turning it into a late-to-mid-week blog instead. If you’re anything like me, the weekend still feels far enough away that it might as well still be midweek. I welcome your comments.) A couple weeks…
