Category: Church Stuff
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When studying becomes a pleasure…
Who knew that reading Shirley Guthrie could be such a fulfilling experience? I certainly didn’t expect studying for ords to be gratifying in most senses of the word, so it has certainly been a welcome surprise to find that the most universally recommended text for studying for ords happens to be one of the more…
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You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here
The youth are gone for the summer…. and yet I remain. We are done next Tuesday at noon, which feels unreal, considering that this summer has been so full of experiences and of work. It has been frustrating, exhilarating, eye-opening, challenging, exciting, and it isn’t over yet. Now the fun begins–cleaning up the mess we…
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Ords AHH!
Shout out to all yall in the Presby world— I am studying for ords and its getting down to the wire… and I know I am not alone in this but it is often difficult to sort out how to prepare for these things (esp when you aren’t at a presby semianry.) So it occurred…
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Reflections and retrospections
It’s my day off, and not a moment too soon. This summer has been amazing, but also incredibly frustrating, sometimes ridiculously unbearable, and I am still trying to sort out how to make sense out of my experiences. I have found myself in a community that is doing things that I care deeply about and…
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further thoughts…
Questions that have been on my mind: what is the purpose of church? is it the same or different from the purpose of Christ? what does it mean, I mean, REALLY MEAN, to serve? what is, really, salvation? Is it possible to, as many churches would have you believe and do, save other…
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Preaching on Prayer
I delivered my last sermon at my internship last week, and I decided to preach on prayer. If you are interested in reading it, my sermon can be found here. Also…. this Sunday was my last day, and of course CHPC did their tradition goodbye thing (I was there last year to see them do…
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a bit of air to breathe in, and a song to sing
A toast to Fridays! Today I slogged (successfully, I might add) through my final paper for my class on Emergent Insights for Youth Ministry at Andover Newton. The paper wasn’t as tight as I might have liked, but given the reality that it was the first paper due in a string of three in a…
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2 weeks left.
This morning is my last sermon at Clarendon Hill, and it feels weird. It feels weird to realize that the year is almost over, that my middle year at seminary is drawing to a close, and that I feel less prepared for ministry than ever. This year has taught me so much, but especially has…
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OH Calvin…
I had an epiphany today…. I was goofin’ off on my guitar playing Colbie Caillat and loving her lyrics… and suddenly I realized something. I think, in all sincerity, that if Calvin were alive today he would write mellow surfer guitar music like Colbie Caillat– or at least he would like it alot. And this…
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What is the deal with Chastity?
Hey there– So I am completely drowning in seminary homework, and I intended to flesh this post out more than I really have the time to do, but if I don’t post it I never will. So here’s the “point” of the post– Karen Sloan and I met over coffee a couple weeks ago and…
Deeper in me than I 