by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 29, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission
After moving to Maine in my mid-twenties, I slowly emerged from a long stretch of having nothing much to do with God or organized religion. During my high school years, I was a devout Evangelical, and the only school I applied to was a Christian liberal arts college....
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 22, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry
As I write, I am just returning to pastoral ministry after parental leave. As I bonded with my newborn daughter—my second child—I spent time reflecting on how my vocation as a parent is reshaping my ideals and practices for ministry. Since I was ordained in my late...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 14, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturySpirituality
During the four hot, humid months between my junior and senior years of college, I waited tables at Beethoven’s Inn, a hole-in-the-wall deli that served sandwiches named after classical music composers. The realm of the “Handel, Bach, and Scarlatti” was a land of...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Apr 8, 2016 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry
While driving my seven-year-old to a doctor’s appointment for what was likely an ear infection, I noticed that the car was unusually quiet. Rain pattered on the windshield, and the wipers provided their usual rhythmic swishing sound. But my oldest kid is a talker—her...
