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Monday Morning Reflections: Learning to Love Prayer
I only grew to love prayer once I expanded my definition of prayer. Growing up in the church the definition for prayer that I was given was “Talking to God”. “Just talk to God,” I was often told. This understanding of prayer is not wholly wrong, but it is unhelpful. One can define the ocean Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Sabbath
I have been practicing Sabbath for almost ten years now but I might just now be learning what it means to take a Sabbath. Shortly after Amanda and I were married and began pastoring in Vale, Oregon, we went on a retreat designed for those in the process of ordination. One of the workshops was Read more
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Monday Morning Reflection: Fishing and Making Others Welcome
A couple of weeks ago I waded into Idaho’s Salmon River to do a little trout fishing. I was told it was a well known spot and sure enough there were a couple groups already fishing and having some success. I made my way downstream of the second group, leaving about 100 feet or so Read more
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Episode 011: All Pretenses Fall
In this episode, Andrew and I get to talk with Curt and Kathleen McFarland from The Grace of Christ church in Yakima Washington. Curt talks about his ministry journey and something that struck me was when he talked about his chaplaincy experience. He described chaplaincy as non-imposing, simply listening and caring. In the hospital, when Read more
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Monday Morning Reflections: Mortality (Go Gentle Into that Good Night)
“So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.” – Psalm 90:12, NRSV The Latin phrase memento mori means: remember, you will die. In medieval times, the saints would use this phrase as a critique against the vanities of the culture. When we remember our mortality we begin to realize Read more
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Monday Morning Reflections: Being a Parent
“Jesus reached for a little child, placed him among the Twelve, and embraced him. Then he said, ‘Whoever welcomes one of these children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me isn’t actually welcoming me but rather the one who sent me’” (Mark 9:36-37, CEB). Sometimes I wonder if I have what it takes 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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