Engaging in the practice of Lent

What I'll be doing in this season of Lent is taking time to read the daily emails from my Seminary. I was asked to contribute towards the 2023 Lenten Devotional and I can't wait to experience how what I shared will fit in among my peers and faculty who also contributed. If you'd like to check it out, the link is here and it's being offered in two different options this year- daily email format or full PDF download. What's been your experience of Lent? Would you like to join me in reading through this devotional this year? I'd love to have an ongoing conversation with you throughout this season of Lent.

Choosing a church pastor- one church’s story

This is a behind the scenes general summary of the call of a Baptist church pastor in Central Texas. I want to share about this special church, Meadow Oaks Baptist Church (MOBC) in Temple, Texas. This is a dually-affiliated church (Baptist General Convention Texas -BGCT/ Texas Baptists & Cooperative Baptist Fellowship -CBF). They have been…

A New and Living Way sermon from Hebrews 10:11-25

Mary Healy in her Hebrews commentary wrote about a paralyzed person healed from surgery still needs to use their muscles to walk. Today, my aim is to encourage you to walk! You've been fully restored thanks to God's provision through Jesus. Let us actively walk out our faith through this new and living way. Today's…

Seminary Summary – Semester 2

Continuing my documentation of seminary,* this is a remembrance of Semester 2. (Semester 1 overview is here.) The YouTube video is shorter and what follows below are the major highlights that happened for me since the end of the Spring Semester through the end of my Summer Semester. The Fall semester (Semester 3 for me)…