RockyWhy I Don’t Do Krista Tippet’s Not Doing ChristmasIt’s a year old, but Krista Tippet’s blog post, “Why I Don’t Do Christmas,” is popping up on my Facebook feed this week. I’ve read it over…Dec 22, 2015Dec 22, 2015
RockyCoaches, Cohorts, and “Plural Leadership”: Three Things I’m Noticing About New Worshiping…I’ve spent a fair amount of time recently talking with leaders of new worshiping communities, 1001 New Worshiping Communities…Oct 19, 20151Oct 19, 20151
RockyIn Defense of Youth GroupA post made the rounds last week advocating “blowing up” the youth group model of youth ministry. I enthusiastically shared it with some…Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015
RockyIn Defense of Youth GroupA post made the rounds last week advocating “blowing up” the youth group model of youth ministry. I enthusiastically shared it with some…Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015
RockyQuitBaseball was the activity that most defined me as a teenager and young adult, and I nearly quit it before I’d barely started. I was 10. I…Oct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
RockyEugene Peterson, Please Forgive MeI have described Eugene Peterson, the author of the popular Bible paraphrase The Message, as a writer who never met a cluster of words he…Oct 8, 20151Oct 8, 20151
RockyHow My Church Is Fixing Children’s TimeChildren’s Times are a worship staple in lots of mainline churches. Both Presbyterian churches I’ve served have had long histories with…Oct 6, 2015Oct 6, 2015
RockyHow Does World Communion Sunday Actually Achieve World Communion?One of the benefits of being an Associate Pastor in my context is getting to watch a skilled colleague plan worship in a way that honors…Oct 5, 2015Oct 5, 2015
RockyI Took Communion Three Times Today And I Don’t Think The World CaresBecause I’m a minister in a mainline protestant denomination, I do World Communion Sunday. This year, I felt in a way I hadn’t before just…Oct 5, 2015Oct 5, 2015