“Vocation is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s deepest need.” Frederick Buechner In 2016, I was coming to the end of a five-year, very bumpy career transition. I wanted to return to pastoral work, serving the church full-time. But door after door closed and it seemed God was frustrating my plans. Because we were in the middle … Read More
The Strange Familiarity of God’s Mysterious Ways
We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps. (Prov. 16:9, NLT) In late 2015, I was in a discouraged place. God was providing for every financial need our family had, yet he seemed bent on frustrating MY plans. I had been in the process of trying to transfer my credentials to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and … Read More