“And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.” ~Luke 12.7 “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Parents teach their children this simple rhyme that is in fact a complicated lie to inoculate them from the painful experience of being teased or bullied or to prepare them for […]
“Do not be anxious about anything.” ~Philippians 4.6 For the past few months, I have been taking a class designed to equip new and prospective leaders for pastoral ministry. Like most who discern a call to pastor, I have approached the possibility in disbelief and yet it seems unsurprisingly inevitable. In our last class, the […]