The in-between seasons provide us the greatest opportunity for growth.
Ecclesiastes 3 tells us “for everything there is a season…a time to plant and a time to harvest.” And this has been a season like none I have ever seen before. Not because of the Christmas preparations and end-of-year paperwork, but because I moved from one church appointment to another. Unusual circumstances in an unusual […]
Seeds of grace can grow between a rock and a hard place
Recently, I was in the parking lot at the grocery store and show what seemed out of place. A single stalk of corn was growing from the blacktop and asphalt landscape. While the parking lot was not immediately adjacent to the highway, I surmised that a single grain of corn must have jettisoned from a […]
Faith in the fog yield the clearer vision we need
Taking a morning walk today led me by a field of soybean plants that held a message for my spirit. See, I have been feeling burned out lately. And it is not just in my role as a pastor trying to lead in a time marked by a global pandemic, and national political posturing, and […]
Storms reveal how strong our roots are, and the power of the soil.
Yesterday , by the end of the day, blue skies prevailed and hope emerged. But the morning was something else. The day before I noticed a field that was growing a soybean crop, and yet there were stalks leftover from a previous harvested crop still there. I wondered why the farmer had left the old […]
Upcoming Book Signing
Interested in hosting a book signing? Contact the author at pastorbecky@gmail.com August 29 10am – 1pm What’s New Shop224 Market St,Denton, MD 21629 September 12 from 5 – 7pm Nelsons Church (gym/parking lot)100 Main StHebron, MD 21830
Spiritual growth happens in the ecotone of our lives, if we are willing to get messy.
Last week, my husband Glenn and I rode down to the docks in Nanticoke an hour before sunset. Yes, a kind of romantic setting at least until the mosquitos arrived in force. While we were driving on back roads toward town, he pointed out a grove of tall, thin-leafed plants on the edge of the […]
If you have a question, ask the land.
As my first book, “Preparing Fields for Seasons of Change” is currently under production, I decided to keep putting my thoughts forward in a written blog – after all, that is what authors do, right? But what to write about? What would glorify God and edify others? Currently, the church I am serving is on […]
Disability and Ministry Study
A study provided by Reverend Dr. Rebecca Collison of the Pen Del conference disability committee. December 2019 Leader Guide and Bibliography Churches often don’t know where to start when it comes to evaluating their readiness to meet the needs related to starting a new ministry or revisiting their current ministry with people with disabilities. This […]