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Blooming reminders…
Yesterday, midway through my much-needed renewal leave, God sent me a reminder. Discouraged, deflated, dripping with sweat, I discovered magnolia blossoms blooming right in front of me… and I remembered.
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Learning about patience…
I was thinking about patience yesterday. In fact, I developed my own definition…
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Grunting for nothing…
When we don’t know, despite our best efforts at attentiveness or interpretation or comprehension, don’t get frustrated or upset. Just sit with the unknowing. Just sit with the grunting. Take it into your lap and accept it as it is.
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Bottles, baths, burps, etc.
For my third week of renewal leave, I’m staying with my son and his family in Austin, Texas.
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My “comfortable environment of familiarity”…
Like most people, I suspect, I live within a “comfortable environment of familiarity.”
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I’m still learning
My spirituality, calling and employment have always been inseparable. Who is God when I’m not the pastor in the pulpit? I don’t know if know, because it’s all I’ve ever known. It’s time to find out!
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And so it begins…
Today (April 6, 2026), I begin a three-month(ish) “Renewal Leave” from full-time United Methodist ministry.
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“Holy Curiosity” – Part 5 of 5 (Finally!), of Developing an “Opposable” Theology
Even the most absolute, clearest of truths can be understood in deeper, richer, more complex and applicable ways.
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