Church and Tea
Things that I think about over a glass of Sweet Tea.
Subscribe in a reader
Browse: Home / pastor

pastor

Journal: 7/27/08

Journal: 7/27/08

By Dan on | Monday, July 28, 2008 | Leave a response

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 | Leave a response

When Being Kind is Not Kind

When Being Kind is Not Kind

By Dan on | Sunday, July 27, 2008 | Leave a response

People try to assert or obtain control in many ways. One of the ways I have seen lately is through being nice. Sometimes people offer to help not because they really want to help, but because they want control. We can feel it when it happens. Something changes from “Joe is a super volunteer at [...]

Posted in My Opinions | Tagged kindness, pastor, volunteer | Leave a response

Conflict: A Road to Harmony

Conflict: A Road to Harmony

By Dan on | Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 1 Response

This is an article that was written as a joint effort of the Chaplains in my CPE program for the hospital employee newsletter.  We all experience conflict. In fact we are all bound to experience conflict because we perceive the world through our unique lenses. Through my lenses, some people just don’t smell right. A [...]

Posted in Church Life | Tagged conflict, diversity, emotions, forgiveness, harmony, kindness, Management, pastor, perfection, relationships | 1 Response

Blogs I Read

  • Icon A Peculiar Prophet

    Close preview

    Loading...
  • Icon AWF Conference

    Close preview

    Loading...
  • Icon Simply Cindy Blog

    Close preview

    Loading...
  • Icon A Cup of Happy

    Close preview

    Loading...
  • Icon Without Wax

    Close preview

    Loading...
  • Icon Dan's Blog (My other blog)

    Close preview

    Loading...

Web Highlights

Church Posture in the Community

By Dan on Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Here is a great post by Alan Swartz about two kinds of churches in existence today, and the need to be both, rather than one or the other.

Category: Web Highlight

Anniversary!

Cindy and I will celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary in 13 days.