By Dan on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Bill Easum, of Easum, Bandy, and Associates, has joined the blogging world! Easum is a heavy hitter in the world of church consulting. His coaching has helped many churches and pastors rethink how they do ministry. I have been lucky enough to attend an Easum/Bandy event, and I have benefited from several of their publications. [...]
Posted in Church Development | Tagged blog, Church Development, consulting
By Dan on Monday, August 11, 2008
On Cindy’s Birthday:
Saturday was my wife’s birthday. My parents came into town, and they watched the kids so that Cindy and I could go to lunch and a movie. Then we all met for dinner at one of her favorite restaurants. It was very nice. I made her a blog and we are trying to [...]
Posted in Journal Entry | Tagged anger, birthday, blog, Cindy, conflict, cpe, emotions, feelings, kids, life verse, movie, parents, restaurants, Sermon Illustration, worship idea
By Dan on Monday, July 28, 2008
Today was, overall, a good day. Church went smooth. I did learn that I really upset one member by not following up on said member while said member was ill. All I can do in this instance is apologize. I feel bad about that. I may have missed it even if I was a full [...]
Posted in Journal Entry | Tagged anger, apologize, birthday, blog, budget, busy, church member, cpe, frustration, overwhelmed, parenting, pastor, priorities, temper
By Dan on Saturday, July 26, 2008
I admire John Wesley for the wealth of information that he left behind because he believed in keeping journals. Back in high school, I used to keep a diary on computer. I wrote almost every night. I lost it in a hard drive crash, and lost the nerve to keep journaling. I am going to try [...]
Posted in Journal Entry, My Journal | Tagged anger, blog, blue, chaplain, cpe, d3, day off, emotions, family, feelings, plumbing
Welcome to Church and tea! My name is Dan. I’ve been married to Cindy for 9 years. We have two boys, 7 and 3 years old. I am a Florida native and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the University of Florida and a Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. This site is called churchandtea simply because I am a United Methodist Pastor and I love sweet tea. I often find myself trying to solve the world’s problems over a glass of sweet tea. Feel free to pour yourself a glass and join in the discussion!
