It’s All Saints Day, a day inviting us to remember our loved ones who’ve passed on and tell stories of how their lives changed ours. This is surely one of the most bittersweet moments of death: a time to gather in the living room or at the funeral home or around the graveside to tell […]
How plastic play food becomes sacred
Hopefully you’ve been out enjoying the beautiful sunshine today! ☀️ I’m praying for each of you to find a few people to share House Church with: people who will enjoy good food together (take-out is fine!) and honest conversation about life and God. 🏘️ Today in our own House Church we: 1️⃣ made omelets and […]
Find your Kindred
What if “going to church” meant gathering with people who love you entirely – people you love just as much – and encountering the love of God together? Finding kindred community is one of the ways we experience God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.* This type of community has a natural chemistry (ya […]
Gather your people
In order to be The Church, our motivations must be right. We must desire to encounter God’s love in community, to be changed by that love, and to take that love into the world. If you’re like me, you’ve carefully chosen a small circle of people to be with during these pandemic days. I invite […]
I don’t want to wipe these tears
I like to read before going to bed. About a year ago I resurrected my love of novels and quickly realized how good it was for my mind and my soul to delight in another’s story for a time. Typically my going-to-bed book of choice is an enjoyable, lighthearted read. I’m not ashamed to admit […]
Why is Zoom Worship important?
This Sunday we’re going back to the most safe option of distance-worship from our homes. (That means no drive-in option.) www.monroefmc.com/sunday I know it’s kind of a bummer, but we were not able to keep safe social distance during the drive-in church. We are being SUPER CAUTIOUS with this whole COVID pandemic thing. It’s not something to mess around with. We love you […]
Here’s some recordings I wanted to share 📹
Evening, all. Just wanted to check in on this Sunday evening with a few things and my love. First, here’s the link to rewatch today’s worship service. You can read Pastor Kevin’s Sermon from this 5th Sunday in Ordinary Season. He draws from Christian abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, on this Independence weekend. It was excellent and called us to have dependence on […]
It’s happening! Parking Lot Church this Sunday!🚗
Worship is what we do with every part of our lives, honoring God with our attentiveness and gratitude to each task. (Yes, that includes weeding the garden, disagreeing with our spouse, laughing with friends, and reading Scripture.) Liturgy is all about a gathering of people working to worship God together. And friends, I gotta tell […]
#pastorlife 📆 Maybe you’re curious what it’s actually like?
“What does a typical day look like?” A couple days ago one of my bffs asked me what our life actually looks like. She’s a nurse practitioner, going to grad school and parenting 3 kids under 5. So she was pondering what ours lives must be like as pastors and as parents, especially during a pandemic. […]
We’re zeroing in on NOT STAYING THE SAME
At Monroe Free Methodist we are seeking to live like Jesus did: prayer-filled, incarnational, evangelical, holy, Spirit-empowered and compassionate. We are learning what this looks like through the rhythmic flow of the liturgical year immersing ourselves in spiritual practices to open our lives to be transformed into Jesus’ likeness. As we embark on the long journey of Ordinary Season we […]