This Hymn is a remarkably beautiful and powerful text that originally served as a communion hymn. Written by Issac Watts in 1707, the hymn “When I Survey…” was written not only as a communion hymn but also as a differently titled hymn: “Crucifixion to the World, by the Cross of Christ.” ...
Last Sunday, as the worship team was rehearsing in preparation for leading worship, we went through a couple of options of how to be spontaneous with a particular song. The concept struck me: we were rehearsing spontaneity! Seems like a contradiction in terms! And it is, in some ways. After...
We’ve been unpacking some lessons learned from planting a church within the Disney (World) employees by Steven Barr, the founder of “Cast Member Church”. You can read the entire article here: Five Lessons Learned From a Church Embedded in The Walt Disney Company – Fresh Expressions So far we’ve looks...
Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, I thought it would be fitting to talk about love. Of course we show love differently based on who the person is to us. Our love for God, for a spouse, for children, for family, for a neighbor, for a friend, etc. will be different. What...
Last week I shared an insightful article by Steven Barr from the Fresh Expressions website. You can read the whole article here: Five Lessons Learned From a Church Embedded in The Walt Disney Company – Fresh Expressions. It is about lessons learned from planting a church within the Walt Disney...
I read an article recently by Steven Barr. He and his wife, Lucia, planted the Cast Member Church at Walt Disney World 11 years ago, which has expanded to six continents and reaches thousands of people, all employees (“cast members”) of the Walt Disney Company. The article gives five things...
This Christmas break was such a blessed time at our KoA day camp! We loved spending time with the 18 young people, and it was a privilege to offer a space for their Christmas break. Each day, we started by playing together outside and sharing in encouraging conversations. This led...
I am taking an online class that meets one weekend per month on Zoom, and this past weekend was the fifth of the 24-sessions. The class is training me to be a spiritual director, which is a ministry that I am considering for after retirement from pastoral ministry. This session...
2023 is going to be a pivotal year in the life of The Fount. During this year the congregation will either be able to leave The United Methodist Church and join the Global Methodist Church, or it will be thwarted in its attempt to disaffiliate and will need to make...
As 2023 begins, I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on where God may be leading us as a church family. 2022 was a wild ride, to be sure. But 2023 may be even wilder! A year ago, we were hoping that General Conference would meet and that...