@starrynight
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StarryNight started the topic I saw the evidence of personal healing today in the forum Ex-pastors & Leaders 1 year, 2 months ago
I was sitting at my favorite table at the brewpub today when I received a phone call from the godparents of one of my children. They wanted to see if Jamie and I were available for them to talk with this afternoon. Though my wife was on a long, mountain hike, I told them they were welcome to join me at the restaurant. These are people that I have…[Read more]
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StarryNight started the topic Raw Beauty in the forum Living Creatively 1 year, 5 months ago
Some friends here have been very supportive of the work I’ve done with Breast Cancer Survivors – helping them share their stories through portraits and written word. My wife and I call it The Reveal Mission and it continues to expand. I thought some here might be interested in a new project that is growing out of this work. I would have never have…[Read more]
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StarryNight started the topic Moving On in the New Year in the forum Trying to Move On 1 year, 10 months ago
The question I am asking myself for this New Year is this: What am I grasping? What is clutched into my fingers so tight that I would be much better off letting it loose. And what is loosely within my reach that I would be much better off holding on to?
When put into the context of Moving On, how would you process what you are and are not…[Read more]
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StarryNight started the topic Reasons 10, 11 and 12 that I no longer attend a church in the forum The Church 1 year, 11 months ago
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StarryNight started the topic Swallowing a Gratitude Pill in the forum Ex-pastors & Leaders 1 year, 12 months ago
I’ve shared my story here before, so I won’t share my background in too much detail. Suffice it to say that when I was fired by the Sr. Pastor after 12 years as an associate pastor I was very hurt. It was done without cause, blamed finances, and said nothing to the church of over 2000 people. The rest of the staff, including my brother, didn’t stan…[Read more]
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StarryNight started the topic Free from the fear of man, so now I speak up! in the forum The Church 2 years, 1 month ago
So one thing that found as soon as I was out of the box spiritually and outside the corporate culture of institutionalized Christianity was that I had some things to say! While I was in the middle of it I was too afraid to be criticized, and to afraid to lose my paycheck if I brought those things up.
Today I wrote a blog article (with a friend…[Read more]
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StarryNight started the topic 20 Mistakes I Made As A Senior Pastor in the forum Ex-pastors & Leaders 2 years, 1 month ago
I really connected with this list of mistakes. Do you?
20 Mistakes I Made As A Senior Pastor – by Jim Palmer
Putting church over community.
Putting orthodoxy over love.
Putting certainty over wonder.
Putting teaching over conversation.
Putting polished over real.
Putting answers over questions.
Putting membership over…