Too Many Referees and Not Enough Players
We have become experts at identifying what’s wrong with everyone else’s ministry while neglecting the mission God actually gave us.
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What Do You Do When You’re Thunderstruck?
What is your response to seeing something you never thought possible? What do you do when words aren’t enough?
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Governance Isn’t Glamorous, But The Wrong Type Can Slow You Down
Nobody joins a church board dreaming about bylaws. But I’ve become convinced governance isn’t the boring prerequisite to mission it’s the thing that either frees your church to move or quietly strangles its ability to.
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Why I’m Still LCMS (Even When It Frustrates Me)
Honest post: why I’m still LCMS, even when it frustrates me.
Not a defense with my eyes closed. Not a critic with one foot out the door. Just the truth about what keeps me here theology, sacraments, liturgy, and a family I didn’t choose but wouldn’t trade.
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The Third Service Question – When Is It Time?
The chairs will tell you when you’re full. They won’t tell you what to do about it.
New post on the real factors behind adding a service – culture, staffing, and mission, not just math.
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Before You Vote: A Delegate’s Field Guide to Disagreeing Like Family
Convention week will test more than our resolutions. It’ll test whether we can disagree like family.
A practical field guide for delegates before the floor, on the floor, and after the gavel falls. Link in bio.
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Butter, Play-Doh & Jesus
Imagine sitting outside with butter in one hand and an open container of Play-Doh in the other. We are like one of them. Which describes you?
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50.1%: A Mirror, Not a Mandate
After three rounds of balloting, Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison has been re-elected LCMS President with 50.1% of the vote. That number is not just a statistic. It is a diagnosis.
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Before They Are Opponents, They Are Family
One of our greatest challenges isn’t theological. It’s relational. And the path forward begins not with them changing first but with me.
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When A Friend Dies
I got a call this morning and I’m still not quite sure how to process it. A longtime member of our congregation died today. And I know that’s part of this. I know that’s the job, I know I’ve done this more times than I can count, but today just hit different, and I’ve been…
