Category: Fellowship Community

Hopeful Naivete

I love the New Year. I do. I love fresh starts, new beginnings, a resetting of priorities. Everything is possible. The snow (not in Santa Rosa, CA, of course) feels fresh and the skies look blue. I’ve organized new calendars for home and office, paid the bills, run a lot of miles, finished a couple…
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A Holy Mess

Just before Advent, I finished a sermon series on King David. It wasn’t long, just eight sermons, but for those two months I lived and breathed David. After I finished the final sermon, a friend asked “So, what did you take away from the David story for yourself, your own life?”  My unfiltered answer was…
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거룩한 엉망진창

친구 동역자들에게 드리는 글, 34권 2023년 12월 1일    단 바움가트너 거룩한 엉망진창       대강절 기간 조금 전에 저는 다윗왕에 대한 설교시리즈를 끝냈습니다. 길지 않은 8편의 설교였습니다만 저는 2달 동안 다윗과 함께 숨을 쉬고 살았습니다. 마지막 설교를 마친 후에 한 친구가 물었습니다. “그러니까 다윗의 인생에서 당신 자신과 인생에 배운 것이 무엇인가?” 저의 솔직한 대답은 ‘인생은 엉망이야’라는 것이었습니다.…
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Good News of Great Joy: Spiritual Resilience in a Time of Dying

Pastor, you are God’s beloved. Even if your church like mine faces overwhelming odds – in deep need of soul revival, visionary co-laborers, and ministry re-birth. God knows these burdens are too big for you and me. If we make these our goals, we might feel deeply unloved, overlooked, unheard. Some of us may even…
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