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Ministry is Big, so Have Faith

Saturday September 17, 2011 12:40 +0000 ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Rev. David

I want to give thanks to my colleague Christian Schmidt for being one of two inspirations for this post, through a question he posed to me in a comment on my article on our denomination’s feelings about supporting ministries. It is a topic that I have thought about engaging many … Read more →

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Dawn Breaks on “Offer Day”

Tuesday March 15, 2011 6:05 +0000 ⋅ 5 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

It is an interesting part of being an Interim Minister, that you come to love a congregation, that you have ministered among them, that you have hopes and dreams for them, that you are an intimate part of a religious community… and you know that you are only there to … Read more →

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