Mad Church Disease has been burning up the blogosphere, at least the little section that I read. (See links below) This is a site focused on the phenomena of burnout for those that are in ministry. The site includes a survey for those in ministry, spouses of those in ministry, and volunteers in ministry. It […]
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Portable Traditions
Along with having a fantastic time at the Greystone Estate, we did learn several things at the marriage retreat that I believe will continue to improve our marriage. One of these things was the importance of portable traditions. Whether intentionally or unintentionally most people build traditions around particular times of year or celebrations – Christmas, […]
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Marriage Retreat – Pictures
Nicole and I had a wonderful marriage retreat at Greystone Estate (location). I found it to meet all the goals set forward for the time together (see previous post). Here are some pictures from the past few days… Exterior of Greystone Estate at night As our anniversary was closest to the date of the […]
Mike King brought my attention to this video via this post. I agree with Mike that it is a great combination of art, music and technology. While I was at Wesley Seminary, I was exposed to the Luce Center for the Arts and Religion which was constantly at work to integrate arts into the life […]
This morning my wife, Nicole and I are driving to Rogers, Arkansas with Dustin and Shelly Petz to attend a marriage retreat hosted by The Soderquist Center. It will be held at Greystone Estate in Rogers, Arkansas. A couple weeks ago, we received a phone call from Bishop Jones‘ wife Mary Lou Reece asking what […]
One year ago, today, Nicole Amanda Scherle and I were married at Clemmons United Methodist Church in Clemmons, North Carolina. It has been an amazing and wonderful year, and I am looking forward to many more.
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CNN at the Airport
One of the results of waiting in the airport in Atlanta is that CNN always on in the background. The news from Blacksburg, VA is horrific. Most often when I am in Atlanta, very few people are interested in what is happening on the TV screens. However today, many in the gate waiting for the […]
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A Heretical Vanity Plate
I was walking back to my car after making a hospital visit when I saw the following vanity license plates, in this order – HERESY 24 MDOS BUTTER The first one got me thinking, I am still puzzled about the second one, and the last one makes me laugh. These brought this question to my […]
This weekend, Bob Beltz, author and producer, preached around the movie – Amazing Grace. During the weekend worship services, Bob Beltz shared a story of having the opportunity to sit in on a meeting between a life coach and a client in Denver. During that time, the life coach shared the following: Most people… Radically […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 