ministry

November 26, 2019

Starting, Stopping, and Starting Again: How I've Learned to Be Healthier Online

Blogging and social media were great tools that served a purpose for me at a time when I needed them and had very few other outlets and safe spaces. While I am grateful they were available, looking back on that time of my life now, I can see that these online communities often became very unhealthy and even toxic for me.

Baseball and the Kingdom of God

If Jesus could compare the Kingdom to a mustard seed, a batch of yeast, and a farmer's field, there's no reason why we can't also say, "the Kingdom of God is like a baseball game."

Not Yet Turned Into Now

A couple of years ago I wrote about my personal journey from mourning to healing. I shared about resigning my pastoral role as a youth minister in Oklahoma and moving into an administrative position with Nazarene Youth International. This change came at a time in my life when I needed to step away from parish […]

Why I'm a Nazarene, Part 5

This is the conclusion to the five-part series, "Why I'm a Nazarene": Part 1: History and Background of the Church of the Nazarene Part 2: Equality in Ministry in the Church of the Nazarene Part 3: Scriptural Interpretation in the Church of the Nazarene Part 4: Optimistic Grace in the Church of the Nazarene On […]

Resisting the Temptation of Ambition

In a little under two weeks, the time of the Christian year known as Lent will wrap up as we move into the celebration of the Easter season. This year for Lent, our youth group used a teen curriculum called “Live Fast.” This series takes a look a the three different temptations of Jesus in the […]