Anyone who follows me on facebook knows that one of my favorite parts of the holiday season is opening cards from friends far and near. Being single, it is a nice reminder that someone thought to include you as a part of their family. This year in particular, opening cards from Atlanta reminded me that I hadn’t been forgotten, and…
October is National Clergy Appreciation Month. As I’m feeling particularly sentimental this October, I decided to spend the month writing about clergy persons who have influenced my life in some major way. There’s no real rhyme or reason behind the order of these posts (other than I’m saving the best for last), but just the true hope that these wonderful…
I’ve officially completed my first full week of ministry at Broadway Baptist Church, and I can honestly say that I’m starting my second week with more excitement than hesitation, more hope than fear, and more energy than fatigue. Already, I sense God’s presence in the ministry here and the Divine hand at work in bringing me at this time to…
As I prepare to begin my last day at my current job, I can’t help ruminating over the last four years of meaningful and transformative work I’ve gotten to participate in at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Many of you may not know that I started work at CBF on a contract basis calling churches to remind them to order their…
If you’ve been following along with me on Rev. on the Edge, you likely noticed my essential absence over the past couple weeks. At other times, I might ask you to be worried that I have fallen off the writing wagon or been sucked into a black hole of Netflix marathons and endless buckets of popcorn, but in this case,…
I originally preached this sermon at Cornerstone Church where Gwen Brown was pastor. I share this on the anniversary of her death as she taught me much about trusting God. A reading from the Gospel of Mark chapter 10 verses 17-31, The Message version. As he went out into the street, a man came running up, greeted him with great…
I wrote this sermon about a year and a half ago for one of my preaching classes. As I think about all the seminaries starting school this week, I feel like it is particularly applicable. A reading from the gospel of Luke, chapter 2, verses 41 through 52: Now every year, his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of…
Tonight is the last home game of the 2014 Atlanta Dream season. For a fun twist to #FBF, here are some reflections from my season as a Dream Elite! Moving to Atlanta four years ago was not exactly an exciting adventure for me. I was moving away from the home I had built for myself in Birmingham, and putting extra…
Sometimes when I’m working on a sermon, I get caught up in the “engaging the text” part of sermon prep. According to my preaching professor, this is the first step during which you do not crack open a commentary, but just let the text speak to you. While working on the passage from Luke 4 that I posted about yesterday, I found…
A reading from the gospel of Luke chapter 14, verse 1 and verses 7-14, The Message One time when Jesus went for a Sabbath meal with one of the top leaders of the Pharisees, all the guests had their eyes on him, watching his every move. He went on to tell a story to the guests around the table. Noticing…
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