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Update
As of today, I am fully underway in pursuit of a Doctor of Theology Degree at Northwest Nazarene University. These past couple of months I have been working on the introductory course (“Introduction to Online Theological Research”). Today I begin my first “real” course: Theological Method and Contextualization. This is why I have not made Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: High Places
I feel most at peace and at home when I am in the hills. There is childlike joy that leaps inside me when I walk a mountain trail, awaiting the mystery that lies behind each bend. When someone tells me they “get more” from a day on the lake than a day in church, I Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Bigger and Better Things
“The Lord does not look so much at the magnitude of anything we do as at the love with which we do it.” – St. Teresa of Avila “We must not grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who looks not on the great size of the work, but on the Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Who is My Neighbor?
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of Jesus’ most famous parables — if not one of the most well-known passages in the whole Bible. Even those who are completely biblically illiterate have heard of the good Samaritan. “Good Samaritan” is part of our cultural consciousness. We have good Samaritan laws. We refer to Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
Controversial opinion: I think Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are a bad idea. Of course it is good to honor our father and our mother. But this should be done on a regular and active basis, not forced into a particular day that probably does more to serve commercial interests than it does to serve Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this. – Galatians 5:22-23 (CEB) I am not much of a gardener. It is not that I have little skill in gardening (which is true), but I have little interest. I Read more
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Hi! Our names are Andrew and Amanda Sinift. Andrew is a pastor in Washington State as part of the Church of the Nazarene. We felt like there were lots of resources and podcasts for large churches, but not necessarily for the small, local church – even though it makes up 80% of churches. We wanted to fill that gap so that other pastors know they are not alone in the struggles and oddities of ministry.
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