Jul 15, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
For those who have asked (and the many others who have accurately guessed), yes…I am a 7 in the world of enneagram. We 7s are typically described as restless, quick thinkers who insist our lives be an exciting adventure. At our worst, we are compulsively...
Jul 8, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
If you need a sense of completion to bring satisfaction to your life, professional ministry is probably not the vocation for you. In fact, church members, ministers and congregations often tire of pushing through programs and piety, year after year, never knowing if...
Jun 24, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
The Library of Alexandria, Egypt, was reputably one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It was a symbol of the Greek commitment to intellectual pursuit and at its height contained an estimated 400,000 papyrus scrolls. Its demise is...
Jun 17, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
I picked up an electric bass guitar two years ago. It was the first time I’d ever plugged or plucked the instrument. I was quite familiar with its sound and look but had never touched one. My father played the bass guitar professionally. Nothing in me wanted to sit...
Jun 10, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
Ministry often intensifies in the summer months. With children, youth and college students free of classes and parents ready to expend banked vacation days, the opportunities for service exponentially increase from June through August. This year, our children will be...
Jun 3, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
I still have not seen the final episode of Game of Thrones. After watching…enduring…suffering through… (are there any other terms in the thesaurus) every episode of every season, I still have not seen the final episode. Miraculously enough, I’ve neither heard nor read...
