Author: brad@3reasonsdesign.com

Weekends are a flurry of activity. It is the one time of the week that we all gather. Worship has been prepared, rehearsals have taken place,

A year goes by so fast! As I scroll through my Facebook feed I am amazed. Scrolling through my birthday messages is like taking a

2 Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem, in the province of Judea, at the time when King Herod reigned. Not long after Jesus was born, magi,

This weekend we begin again. This beginning is called Advent, the four-week season before Christmas. It is a season of waiting, of expectation, and of

It’s really hard to believe that a year has gone by! Arriving at a new appointment is always difficult. Pastoral work is relational and relationships

Honestly, I am not sure where the last 10 years have gone. The only reason I know it has been that long is that the

I am not sure . . . pastoral life is difficult to describe. If congregational life is like a marriage then you might be tempted

A dozing last piece of daily preparation. Re-membering simpler times, ritual times of peaceful recollection or maybe of opportuned inspiration. Re-membering the living past ease

[vimeo 117118818 w=676 h=379] State of the Church 2015 from Grace Community UMC on Vimeo. This week it was a pleasure to post the entire

  This weekend we gather in the midst of new resolutions. I don’t know about you but I do not have a great track record