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Resources for recovery, Celebrating Pastors in Recovery (CPR), discipleship and healing.
This monthly update offers a working snapshot of my ongoing writing, teaching, formation, and global ministry efforts. All of these projects are directed toward equipping the Church, strengthening pastoral and lay discipleship, and recovering a robust theological vision of the human person made in God’s image. Much of this work is intentionally slow, layered, and…
Our Spring leadership training is set for April 11 at Ministries of Jesus from 8:30am to 10:30am–there will be coffee and snacks available. Historically these sessions have proven effective and helpful for the safety and growth of not just our Celebrate Recovery ministry–but also for the discipleship that happens naturally through our Recovery Ministry. Having…
With two co‑leaders, I am currently leading a Step Study with ten pastors from across the country. This is the third one I’ve led, and all of them have proven to be helpful—and even transformative. You can find more information about CPR, along with an audio link to a recent podcast, here. If you are…
This page serves as a working snapshot of the writing, teaching, formation, and global ministry work I am currently engaged in. These projects are all oriented toward equipping the Church, supporting pastoral and lay discipleship, and recovering a thick theological vision of the human person made in God’s image. Much of the work is intentionally…
A sermon manuscript from a lesson I taught in the Penitentiary in Boley, OK on Good Friday. I also used sections of this manuscript for a lesson in the annual “He is Risen” meeting our Recovery Ministry hosts each Easter season. 2025 continues to be a rich study in the book of Hebrews, you can…
Twelve-step recovery stands on the truth of life change generated by the work of God. In his goodness God provided his Son incarnate who lived as a man, died as a man, and was resurrected on the third day after his death—through faith in this truth the stoney heart is replaced by a fleshly heart…