When I’m coaching, it’s not about me or my ministry. And since I’ve been bearing witness to Sandy’s ministry all year, through these sessions, site visits and engagement with her congregational leaders, I have a robust sense of why her ministry is fantastic. I could ask, “Why did you want everything about your ministry to change?” But I don’t. Instead, I just listen because coaching might be the only place Sandy gets to name these things aloud so she can hear them, share them, and loosen some of their power.

When we step into the pulpit, we hope that the people will hear what we want them to hear, that they might be changed like we have been changed.

In a world that wants to criticize and categorize and commodify everything we do, time and space to create for its own sake is a sacred revolution.

"It takes all of us to showcase the rhythms and pitches of our various spiritual geographies, so that we might overhear the Spirit singing through new songs and fresh visions."

As we enter October and prepare to celebrate the Reformation once again, we wanted to share the following poem by Meta Herrick Carlson.

National visionaries, professors, and pastors provide biblical wisdom to help make sense of the world today.

How are we connected to the disciple Thomas this Easter season during COVID-19?
(John 20:19-31)