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Reflections and conversations with a leadership development focus. Goal is on helping others move to a more complete tool belt. If the only tool in your belt is a hammer, then every problem becomes a nail. We need to be more intentional in the development of our leadership tools. Dennis is a retired military officer and United Methodist Pastor. A keen observer of the human condition, he has degrees in music, theology and leadership.
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Monday Feb 25, 2019
Epiphany + 6 - Sow a New Life
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
First Corinthians 15 meets Luke 6 with a touch of For Every One Born, A Place at the Table. Our choir performing this piece is shared.
Invaluable help here from Rev. Kerry Greenhill. Her opening prayer, Call to Worship, Confession and Pastoral Prayer were exquisite.
I had to add the Youth Choir with their I Believe by Mark Miller. A great piece and something they do quite well.
I confess that General Conference 2019 in St. Louis was in my mind. I don't think I mention it directly.
The sermon starts about 11:30 or so and goes to 38:00 or so. A little longer than is my norm. Kerry's Litany of Commitment wraps up the Sermon.

Saturday Feb 23, 2019
Epiphany + 5 -- Blessed to be a Blessing
Saturday Feb 23, 2019
Saturday Feb 23, 2019
The various scriptures for this Sunday are HERE. The sermon is from the Luke with touches from the Psalm and the (unread) Jeremiah.
I wonder if the title doesn't give the big idea to us: "Blessed to be a Blessing."

Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Advent 1, 2018 -- Waiting Well
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Scripture: Luke 21: 25-36
Big Idea: Our theme for the day is Waiting Well. The Reformed theologian Jürgen Moltmann speaks of Advent 1 in terms of a title of a book he wrote: "With Theology of Hope… I tried to present the Christian hope no longer as such an 'opium of the beyond' but rather as the divine power that makes us alive in this world."
My view is that there is an end time coming, be about our work, and task. We wait well by being about our tasks, be busy. The reign/kingdom is near and it helps make us alive in our now.

Monday Sep 03, 2018
What is the Church ... really?
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Our District Superintendent preaching on Kick Off Sunday. Great Sermon. Great! Looks at what the church really is supposed to be and then ends with an enormous question. The silence in the podcast was the silence that morning.

Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Season of Pentecost - Ephesians -- New Creation
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Tuesday Aug 14, 2018
Ephesians 4: 25-5:2
We are a new creation.
Through a clear understanding of being that new creation, are now part of the body of Christ.
Being part of that body calls on us to grow in love, not staying static but instead growing, growing, growing.
The key is we are a new creation, putting away what we were, and embracing what is new

Friday Jun 29, 2018
Season of Pentecost: Ephesians First Rule of Church Leadership
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Ephesians 1: 3-14
Sermon one of seven from Ephesians. Will introduce a "rule" per week.
This week: "Love your congregation where they are."

Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Season of Pentecost -- You Are the Light of the World!
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Elder Mary Kavila preached on my behalf this June 10th last. Her scripture was Matthew 5: 14-16. As is usual when Mary preaches she brings both gentle understanding and a challenge to the application of the scripture.

Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Season of Pentecost -- Graduate Recognition Sunday
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
The Scripture this week was from Old Testament Proverbs, Chapter 7, but the focus was more on the broader topic of faith, family, friends. Played with idea of those three important words. The setting was a borderline baccalureate service for Hilltop graduating students and chose to try and focus on how those hearing the words could use them to help be mentors and coaches.

Friday May 25, 2018
This Side of Easter: Being Surprised (May 6, 2018)
Friday May 25, 2018
Friday May 25, 2018
This is Acts 10 where Peter is surprised by what God is calling him to do, set aside almost everything he has previously known. What is it that we have previously held as true and God has surprised us with what we need to do?

Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
This Side of Easter: The Name of the Good Shepherd -- April 22, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
The text is from Acts 4: 5-12 but we backed up a little to include Acts 4: 1, and annoyance of the Religious Authorities.
The focus is on Peter and his transformation. He is done denying Jesus.
Who are we in this scene? The status quo? The change? The listeners who go with the SQ or change? The questions are directed individually and corporately.