A Few Favorites
As we close out the year, I want to share my favorite reads and listens from the year, plus my favorite app. I hope you have a safe and restful holiday season – see you in 2021!
Updates
12 Resources for an Organized, Thoughtful New Year
New year, new decade – pretty exciting stuff! (Or, you know, totally arbitrary….try explaining why today of all days is the “new year” to a 3-year-old!) So today, 12 resources for a thoughtful, organized year – I hope some are helpful to you. Happy New Year!
Announcing My Book!
Big news! I’ve signed a book contract! Professional Christian: Integrating Personal Faith and Public Ministry in a Fragmented, Filtered World is a leadership book for church staff and other people in Christian ministry. It’s under contract with Westminster John Knox. What a joy and privilege to have years of work begin to come to fruition! …
A Summer Debrief
It’s that time of year: the program year has been begun, and it’s time to look back at the summer and debrief. I used these questions to guide my summer debrief:
I’m an exvangelical, and I was born again (twice). video + transcript
I grew up in a conservative Evangelical home and had two born again experiences as a child. Now, I’m a progressive Christian and work in a progressive church. This summer at my church, we had weekly testimonies from church members and staff about times that we had experienced God in our lives. When it was …
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Public Ministry, Personal Faith, and Church Musicians (plus a bunch of photos from my trip)
What a fun trip last week for the Christian Congregational Music Conference and the Three Choirs Festival – I am SO jetlagged, even after sleeping 9 (!) hours last night…. Here are some photos from my trip, the fantastic choral music I heard, plus an overview of my talk at the conference.
Hello from Gloucester!
I’m in England this week for the Christian Congregational Music Conference! This is my third time at the conference – it happens every two years, and it’s just wonderful. This time around, I’m recording podcast interviews with the conference’s plenary speakers. (So over the next few months, you’ll see those pop up on Music and …
9 Books I’ve Loved This Year
Let’s talk about books! What are you reading lately? Here are my favorites so far in 2019, including some novels (I feel like I’m getting back into fiction after a lonnggg hiatus….)
How to Make Graphical Analyses for a Concert Program
Have you ever wanted to give your listeners a map to what they’re hearing? Then, graphical analyses might be a great complement to your next musical event!
Christ Is Risen!
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Me on the other hand – I’m taking a nap 🙂 I’ll be back with a fresh blog post next Monday, and in the meantime I hope you are getting lots of rest! (And if you aren’t a church worker, I hope you’re taking good care of any …