Leadership Reflections

I Don't Know Why I'm Surprised
We started Grace Groups this summer expecting them to be great or to flop, with no middle path. People keep showing up hungry to grow. That part was…
 • Andrew Conard
Pick Two and Let the Rest Be Okay
I tried naming two things to land in a full day and letting the rest wait. The releasing, not the finishing, turned out to be the practice.
 • Andrew Conard
The Verse Inside the Ceiling
A congregation left its names on the new air handler, we added a verse, and then it disappeared into the ceiling.
 • Andrew Conard
Why We Are Piloting Grace Groups This Summer
A small experiment in the oldest Methodist habit.
 • Andrew Conard
Notes from Kearney: A Closing Word
The final morning in Kearney, an ordination, and a question about what is already in our hands.
 • Andrew Conard
Notes from Kearney: Day 3
A fuller day than I expected, and a keynote that met me with Wesley's own question about joy.
 • Andrew Conard
Notes from Kearney: Day 2
Notes from Kearney is a short mini-series during the 2026 Great Plains Annual Conference.
 • Andrew Conard
Notes from Kearney: Day 1
Travel, breakfast at Kitt's, and the Service of Commemoration.
 • Andrew Conard
What I'm Watching at Annual Conference
A pastor's pre-trip notebook as the Great Plains Conference convenes in Kearney this week.
 • Andrew Conard
A Long Drive for a Short Visit
On the math the calendar can't do
 • Andrew Conard
A Fox Across the Street
On sitting still long enough to see what's actually there
 • Andrew Conard
Modulating Posture
What it looks like when a leader decides to take up less space
 • Andrew Conard
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