by social@thebtscenter.org | Jun 19, 2018 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturySpirituality, Lessons Learned
I only signed up for the class because my seminary required it. Church Administration sounded boring. I associated “administration”” with business. It seemed unlikely that I would go to work for a large church, and even if I did, the jobs I would apply for as a...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Nov 3, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, Bearings Review 2017, ChurchChange
Six months ago we took our Old Lady Cat to the vet for what they call a “quality of life check.” She had recently turned 20 and had been deaf for several years. She also had begun to show signs of kidney failure, specifically excessive thirst. Her hunt for water had...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Dec 17, 2015 | From Our Archives
For the past few weeks, I have been going through the motions. I wrestle with Advent texts, write “to do” lists, and mail packages to faraway beloveds. This marks the first Christmas that two of our three “olders” are so far away from home that they won’t be with us,...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 10, 2015 | Bearings Review 2015, DigitalMinistry
It was a snow day in 2004 when I started a blog. I wrote about my dog, but it didn’t take much shoveling to see that I was really writing about my loneliness as a small church pastor juggling her vocation and motherhood. After I pressed “publish,” I spent the rest of...
