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Last week I attended a District Resource Day with Vance Ross , deputy general secretary of GBOD. His topic was Pastoral Leadership for the Evangelical Task. Honestly, it took me a while to warm up to Ross' presentation. I attribute this, though, to...
A couple of years ago, I wrote that the hardest thing in ministry was announcing to a congregation that you were moving on to a new appointment. I can now add a little bit to that: it's even harder to do when you're leaving quite a bit sooner...
One year ago, (on August 29th, to be exact) I moved to Franklin Lakes, NJ, to begin my second appointment. Today is the one year anniversary of the official beginning of my appointment here. In some ways, I can't believe I've already been here...
Friday I returned home from a week at Jurisdictional Conference and the preceding NEJCYM (jurisdictional youth) event, the Nor'Easter. I've been seriously bad at blogging - seem to have lost my rhythm! But I'm hoping to be more consistent...
In a few days, I will be heading to Harrisburg, PA for the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference . UM Portal recently published a list of candidates endorsed for the episcopacy. Electing bishops is one of the primary tasks of the jurisdictional gathering...
Sorry for the blog silence. I've been quite a delinquent blogger lately. I've just returned from NCNY's Annual Conference . The internet access wasn't great (neither is my laptop battery), which makes blogging difficult. I remember after...
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As a (I think) last post about General Conference , I want to share some of the moments that brought me joy - because despite the exhaustion, and despite the disappointments and emotional lows, there really were times of great joy and hope as well, and...
Last Sunday (the 9th) I attended another district learning day, this time with Rev. Eric Law . I've heard Eric Law speak before, at a GBCS meeting , and I wondered what this session would be like among clergy and lay people on the district. Here are...
Since I now enjoy relationship with two annual conferences, in addition to my NCNY bloggers list, I'm also adding a list of bloggers from the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of the UMC. If you're a GNJ blogger, let me know, and I'll add...
Okay, here’s the second part of my reflections on the Bishop’s Convocation. Our second keynote was Leonard Sweet . Sweet is a professor of Evangelism at Drew (among, of course, other things), and so I had him for class in seminary, and had his books as...
Finally, a chance to blog about the Bishop's Convocation . The theme of the event was "In the Spirit of Fellowship," and on that note, Bishop Devadhar invited my colleagues Joe Tiedemann , Chris Heckert and me to present a workshop on blogging...
The Methoblog has been having some stressful times . If you joined the blogroll in the last few months, make sure to resubmit your site for inclusion. I think I will soon be making a small blogroll with the growing number of NCNY bloggers. We've got...
Earlier this week I attended a District Day with the Bishop - my first district gathering in my new district with my new Bishop Suda Devadhar. As I've mentioned , Bishop Devadhar was elected out of my annual conference in 2004. I've known him...
I recently finished reading Michael Foss's book Power Surge , and have been meaning to write up a review. When I received the church profile for Franklin Lakes, where I will begin September 1st, I was struck in their profile by their statement, "seeking...
As I've mentioned, I'm beginning a new appointment on September 1st. Both here in Oneida, and in Franklin Lakes, NJ, congregations are in a time of transition. This is only my second appointment, and so I don't have a lot of experience with...
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