Feb 18, 2025 | Book Review Blog
This book by G. Jeffrey MacDonald and published by Westminster John Knox Press, addresses the problem of main-line Protestant congregations who can no longer afford full-time clergy. Due to declining membership and budget deficits, churches are switching to part-time...Feb 15, 2025 | Book Review Blog
A few weeks ago, I loaded up one of our vans with four young adults and their suitcases, all packed for a semester abroad. I had the honor of driving them to the closest international airport and sending them off on their grand adventure. I hugged them all, saving my...Jun 19, 2024 | Book Review Blog
“Wait. THAT’S what this was about? I did NOT get that,” were the words out of my 21 year old daughter’s mouth when she and I were discussing my feelings about My Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt. She is an education major and regularly pores through my stacks to find...Jun 18, 2024 | Book Review Blog
Finding resources to use with teens is challenging. Finding resources that are theologically sound is tricky. Finding resources to use with leaders who don’t teach full time is a tall order. Finding resources that are engaging and meaty is not easy. Finding resources...Jun 15, 2024 | Book Review Blog
I am probably not the intended audience of Hear Our Prayer; Prayers of the People for the Revised Common Lectionary by Jon White and Lisa Graves. I’m not someone who leads corporate worship. I’m not someone who gets called into rooms pregnant with conflict and in need...May 12, 2024 | Book Review Blog
I think everyone knows my deep affection for and constant use of Common Prayer for Children and Families. (TL;DR version: I found it when cleaning out my new office last summer. It’s from 2019 and couldn’t believe that I had never seen it before that day.) I get a...
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