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As the date of my Camino departure draws near, I’ve been doing a different kind of preparation.Not for my feet. Not for my packing list.But for the part of the journey that’s harder to quantify:my soul. Because the Camino is more than a walking holiday.It’s more than a challenge or an adventure. It’s a walkContinue reading “Preparing the Soul: Walking the Way”

When preparing for the Camino, there comes a moment when the packing begins. And if you’re anything like me, that’s when you realize how different this journey is from every other trip. There’s no need for formal wear. No books the size of small bricks. No laptop, not even a backup pair of black dressContinue reading “Camino Preparations: The Art of Packing Light (Body and Soul)”

I’ve spent a lot of time listening to the stories of my LGBTQIA2S+ friends and reading the Bible through fresh eyes. One thing has become so clear to me: God’s love is bigger and more inclusive than we can imagine. I know that for too long, parts of the Bible have been used to woundContinue reading “Beloved: A Scriptural Reflection for Our LGBTQIA2S+ Siblings”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be an ally. It’s easy to say “I support inclusion,” but living it out takes more than good intentions. It takes listening, learning, and opening our hearts to stories that challenge and inspire us. These are some of the books that have helped me onContinue reading “Reading for Justice: A Personal Invitation”

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”