by Steve Sheely | Sep 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
Sometimes the answer to “who is my neighbor?” is “the person who lives near you.” When I was in college I had a summer job as a tree surgeon. And we did not use a truck-mounted cherry-picker. We used ropes. Most of the time our task was ‘fine pruning.’ Fine pruning...
by Steve Sheely | Aug 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
After all the rhetoric about the problems and lawsuits this ordinance would cause I have not heard a thing. I am white. I am a married male. I have graduate degrees and I own my own home (well, me and the bank). I am in good health. And compared to the global...
by Steve Sheely | Jul 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
I was so proud of my congregation for participating in this process with such trust. It is hard to find solid numbers, but some things are certain: Older churches are in decline, newer churches are more likely to be growing. Mainline churches are struggling,...
by Steve Sheely | May 13, 2014 | Pastors Blog
This analogy is my favorite one to describe what it is like being a pastor in the 21st-century. Not to mention that scuba diving in Iceland sounds like the most awesome thing ever. There is a lake in Iceland. It is cold and clear and amazing. Amazing because deep in...
by Steve Sheely | Mar 13, 2014 | Family Gardens, Pastors Blog
If we’re not careful our churches, and our faith, can become mostly cerebral. With a prevailing emphasis on didacticism and privacy-in-the-pew, our faith can become more like Greek thought than Semitic practice. Oh, and by the way, I harvested 758 tomatoes from a...
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