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There’s a lot of talk in ministry circles about crisis, trauma, burnout, and decline. All of it matters.All of it needs attention.But if we’re not careful, we forget something essential: Joy is part of the Gospel, too. Not surface-level cheeriness.Not toxic positivity.But deep, rooted, radiant joy—the kind that bubbles up from aliveness, from connection, fromContinue reading “Leading from Joy: What’s Good, What’s Now, What’s News”

There is a quiet grief many in ministry carry.It’s not always named, but it lives in the body.It shows up in burnout, in boundarylessness, in inherited guilt, in a subtle sense of unworthiness. Sometimes, we think it’s ours alone. But as I’ve sat with the work of Daniel Foor in Ancestral Medicine, I’ve come toContinue reading “The Wounds We Carry, the Wisdom We Inherit: Ancestral Healing and Sacred Leadership”

There’s a moment in every Christian journey where the question shifts. It’s no longer, “Do I believe?”It becomes, “What will I do because I believe?” Reading Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist brought that question into sharper focus. Kendi doesn’t offer easy answers. He doesn’t give us a checklist or a way toContinue reading “Repentance in Real Time: What How to Be an Antiracist Taught Me About Discipleship”

There is a longing that lives in many of us—especially those called to ministry—to encounter Christ in unmistakable ways. In powerful worship.In thin places.In sacramental moments. And yes, Christ is there. But over time, and especially through seasons of weariness, I’ve come to realize something deeper: Christ is also in the ordinary. In chipped coffeeContinue reading “Seeing Christ in the Everyday: The Sacred Hidden in Plain Sight”

Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught that to be in ministry means to always say yes. Yes to the extra meeting.Yes to the midnight crisis.Yes to stretching a little further, staying a little longer, offering a little more. And yes, ministry is a calling of deep generosity.But boundless giving is not theContinue reading “Sacred Boundaries: Saying No as a Form of Love”

There’s a quiet crisis in the Church that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s not just declining attendance.It’s not just budgets.It’s not just cultural change. It’s this:Too many people called to hold others forget how to hold themselves.Too many ministers offer grace to everyone but themselves.Too many feel guilty for resting.Ashamed of having limits.Afraid thatContinue reading “Tending the Soul That Tends Others: How Christ Calls Ministers to Love Themselves, Too”

As the candles of Advent are lit one by one, we enter a season of profound anticipation and reflection. In the Gospel, we encounter the enigmatic figure of John the Baptist, a voice crying in the wilderness, preparing the way for the Light. This Advent, let’s dig into this passage to glean insights that illuminateContinue reading “The Light in the Darkness: Advent Reflections from John 1:6-8, 19-28”

I. The King Who Serves: Unlike earthly kings adorned in splendor and surrounded by opulence, Christ, our King, reveals His divine authority through acts of humble service. In the parable, He identifies Himself with the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the imprisoned. This is the paradoxical nature of Christ’s kingshipContinue reading “Christ the King Sunday: Embracing the Reign of Love”

When we travel through the Gospel with Matthew as we’ve done for the past liturgical year, there are some important things to keep in mind that can really inform our understanding of the things that are shared in that text.  First of all, Matthew’s is a thoroughly Jewish Gospel.  Matthew is himself a Jew, heContinue reading “Render Unto Caesar: Understanding our responsibility to the kingdoms of this world and the Kingdom of God”