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  • Pastor’s Report, Jan ’23

    Pastor’s Report, Jan ’23

    I do not do well with winter. As the days grow short, cold, and overcast and as the temperatures plummet below freezing, my mood and energy tend to darken and plummet as well. Maybe it has to do with where I grew up. I come from a part of California where the average high winter… Read more

  • Preaching

    Preaching

    I fear the words I do not know will soon expose the fraud I do, or that a sermon kills the work of all I’ve done, I hope, for you. They catch somewhere inside my throat — I dread the flames they may ignite; of love or hate, how can I know? Each word a… Read more

  • November Report From the Field: Don’t Forget Art

    November Report From the Field: Don’t Forget Art

    A couple months back we were driving through downtown Naches when Amanda said, “Look, Starry Night!” On display outside ReD’find and Consign was a canvas print replica of Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night – one of the great works of western art and my personal favorite painting. We made an unscheduled stop and now… Read more


About us
and the show

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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