Apprentice 2 Jesus

Ministry

  • Sermon on Simeon and Anna

    This past Sunday I was grateful to preach on Simeon and Anna. LISTEN HERE. I need the example of Simeon and Anna in my life. To wait. To anticipate. To hear the voice of the Spirit. Read more

  • The love of something more

    “I love being an American. I love this place in which I have been placed — its language, its history, its energy. But I don’t love ‘the American way,’ its culture and values. I don’t love the rampant consumerism that treats God as a product to be marketed. I don’t love the dehumanizing ways that… Read more

  • On the occasion of my ordination anniversary

    Four years ago I was ordained by the grace of God to the sacred order of deacons in the Anglican Church. It was a holy moment for me as I was making a huge shift in my ministry life. It was also during COVID, so it was memorable in more ways than one. Read more

  • A confession: I am a big fat failure

    Ezekiel 2:1-7 The biblical calling to a ministry is so different than the “call” Western Christianity calls people to. Ezekiel is called to the prophetic ministry. That has a certain connotation in certain Charismatic/Pentecostal circles, and I would venture to guess that the picture we have in our minds is different than Ezekiel’s call. Read more

  • The under-utilized ministry of a deacon

    One alternate text for the 5th Sunday of Easter this year is Acts 8:26-40, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch.  Having grown up in a Pentecostal tradition, we didn’t have any true category for “deacon.” We saw “deacon” in 1 Timothy but in most churches that was translated to “board member.” It wasn’t… Read more

  • Understanding context and rethinking Paul

    I have believed in women in ministry for as long as I can remember. Growing up in a Pentecostal denomination that had ordained women from the beginning, it was at first assumed in my thinking, then solidified by study over the years as I continually ran into people who didn’t think women should be ordained. Read more

  • Remembering ordination

    It was three years ago I was ordained as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church of North America. I had been in ministry over 30 years in another denomination. When I was transferring my ordination into the Anglican Church, it was on the assumption I would come in as a priest. The Spirit has… Read more

  • Reflecting on Philip the Deacon and my own ordination

    This month will be three years I have been ordained as a vocational deacon in the Anglican Church. I am grateful to reflect on that calling this time of year, especially with the Feast of Philip the Deacon and Evangelist being in the same month. Read more

  • Tim Keller — ministry shifts he engaged

    I am working my way through Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen. Read more

  • Be, Go and Be, Come and See

    I had the honor of preaching this past Sunday. I invite you to take in the whole service to see what it is like to walk in Anglican worship. My message begins around 21:24. Read more