At the beginning of my ordained ministry, I encountered a book called “Best Advice: Wisdom on Ministry from 30 Leading Pastors and Preachers” (2009) edited by William J. Carl III (https://www.cokesbury.com/9780664232436-Best-Advice). It has a number of excellent…
Today, I had a very inspiring meeting on the monthly All Pastors’ zoom call that I want to tell you all about. We did something a little different, launching a new theme-driven game plan that may serve…
After two and a half years of managing the pandemic like a ninja, getting vaxed, boosted, wearing a mask everywhere, and only doing the elbow bumps, I have tested positive for COVID-19, likely the highly contagious Omicron…
This weekend, the nation felt the shockwaves to the news of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, which stripped 50 years of precedent ensuring established access to reproductive healthcare. While there are few words that can be…
For time to time, Presbytery leader Ryan Landino will take random questions from across the presbytery! This will be an experiment that we hope will be a monthly offering. As I lead best by asking questions, I…
Blog Post by Christi Tennyson PCHAS Development Officer “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” These…
Many of us have spent the last two years living from Zoom meeting to Zoom meeting. While others of us have already been meeting in-person, overall I am noticing that as our patterns shift, a question commonly…
As we continue to suffer a seemingly ceaseless wave of violence and mass murder from across the country, our presbytery stands in solidarity with the grieving people of Uvalde, Texas and the approximately dozen more communities traumatized…
From time to time, Ryan will take questions from across the presbytery and try to address them by newsletter! This will be an experiment that we hope will be a monthly offering. As I lead best by…
