I am a Pastor at Christ Community Church in Nanaimo, BC. An American who has found her way north, I spend my free time enjoying the scenic outdoors, knitting, writing, and people.
In ministry, I feel very strongly a desire to be faithful to God and to help others do the same. I love being in the work of God's transformation and having the opportunity to introduce people to new experiences, practices and God's everlasting Truths in meaningful and life-shifting ways.
As a first-time delegate, I felt the expected mixture of anticipatory wonderment of what it would be like to be involved in the work of the Spirit in guiding our church, as well as the trepidation of coming frustrations.
How has your preaching changed because of life or physical circumstances? What holds you back from being a brave preacher?
“With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.” Pope Benedict ended his resignation letter with those powerful words. As a fellow pastor in the holy catholic church, I am humbled by the Pope’s awareness, commitment, and love for the Church...
When Lent rolled around and I began to think about the state of my life, I decided it was time to stop using online Tetris as a crutch. It was keeping me from building a life, for crying out loud! It was keeping me from flourishing, which is what God desires, isn’t it?
Over the last three years of being a pastor (as an intern and ordained) I’ve lost about eighty pounds—and all in front of people who see me changing week to week to week. And yet, for most of those three years, it hasn’t been something we talk about. Most of the time, people are afraid to bring it up while all I want to do is
A number of our churches are engaged in learning about how to rightly understand godly authenticity through the Ridder Church Renewal Process. To continue to build on what you have shared, Syd, I'...
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for the comment. I don't disagree with you at all. We are called to encourage and equip people to think more deeply and reflect on the wonders of our God in the world and...
Hey Allen, thanks for starting the discussion. A couple of things come to mind.
First, some people are more inclined to "deep thinking." Anyone who's taken a personality/spiritual gifts/...
I'd be interested to see what comes of this. At our church we've been trying to develop a guideline for our IT team for images on the screen. Needless to say, we haven't been very successful!...