I first heard the song New Soul by Yael Naim in a MacBook Air commercial. I found myself stopping the fast forward on DVR to listen to the music. It is a catchy song (and I am an Apple fan). Recently I found the link to the music video for the song. Excellent. I love […]
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iPhone in the Future: Update
You may know of my interest in purchasing an iPhone. In my previous post, I wrote that my contact with Sprint was up in April. Turns out that this was hearsay and innuendo. I called Sprint and my contract ends in December 2008. Arrgh… Time to reframe my expectations and hopes…
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Women Officiating Weddings
I very strongly believe in equal opportunity for women and men in ministry. Sometimes the issue of the gender of a pastor arises around weddings. The following email is an excellent response from a male clergy person to someone who requested that he officiate a wedding ceremony instead of the female clergy person who had […]
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Speedlinking – April 16, 2008
How could you simplify the information that you collect from the congregation? Michael has a fascinating proposal – E-mail and Phone Only. Provocative proposals from young adults to General Conference… Read more from Mark Conard at The Legislative Process–Conferences Committee Beyond Solitary Pastoring from Mark Conard. Seth Godin gives advice to help you Write like […]
I heard about the young pastors’ network yesterday and am thinking about putting in an application. From the website: Young Pastors’ Network …a partnership between the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection and Ginghamsburg Church. The Young Pastors’ Network is designed specifically for high capacity clergy within the United Methodist Church who are under the […]
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Worship Venue Benchmark Trip
I had a great trip to California. Dan, Jason and I ended up visiting: Crystal Cathedral – mainly because it was close and we had time. Mariners Church – Just got to see their facilities, but great stuff – technical stage and wonderful outdoor space. Saddleback Church – We checked out one of their venues […]
If you are a young clergy person in the United Methodist Church, I want to make you aware of these links and upcoming video project (Project started by Jenny Smith): http://www.umcyoungclergy.com/ UMC Young Clergy on Facebook Filming a documentary on UMC Young Clergy on Facebook If you are a young United Methodist clergy in Kansas […]
This is a guest post from a Christian named bart. Do you remember the days of the blind taste test? There would be a table with a can of Coke and a can of Pepsi and the tester would try to guess which was which or which was better or something like that. I wonder […]
Welcome to all those in the N-R Pastorate who decided to become members of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection today at Coffee with the Pastors! I look forward to being connected with each of you more in the future. If you became a member today, please feel free to leave a comment on […]
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Advice, Suggestions and Self-Reflection
Last week I interviewed for a clinical pastoral education position at St. Luke’s Hospital. One of the questions that I try to ask any interview team is this – What advice would you have for me (as a person in his second year of professional ministry)? I received the following responses from the interview team […]
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One Quick Trip
By the time that you read this, I will be on a plane with Jason Gant and Dan Entwistle headed to California to check out venue worship services at the following: Saddleback Church Rock Harbor North Coast Church Mosaic (possibly) I hope to get some photos on the trip and possibly post on the road. […]
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Thinking or Feeling?
Last week I interviewed for a clinical pastoral education position at St. Luke’s Hospital. I felt as if I learned more about self-reflection in less than one hour than I may have learned in the past 1.5 years. I discovered that I have a clear tendency to start with my head, to understand, to comprehend, […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 