The Ministry of My Heart

written for my ordination in August, 2016 From head… to heart… to hand… As I understand it, the purpose of ministry is to meet, to listen, to encourage, to include… I see life not as a clear division of dark and light, of perfection and flaw, but as a circular spectrum of colour, movement and… Continue reading The Ministry of My Heart

On Slowing Down and Surprises

“Who must I become as a leader in order to accompany my church in her pilgrimage from the comfort of power and control to the vulnerability of community?” The answer to this pressing question seems more distant to me right now. Rather than moving on this pilgrimage toward “the vulnerability of community,” it feels like… Continue reading On Slowing Down and Surprises