Attentive, Sensitive, Unhurried

Attentive, Sensitive, Unhurried

I’ve recently finished reading a book by David Brooks entitled How to Know a Person. I really like his style and found his work extremely helpful. As a pastor, I know that learning to see people for who they are is central to my role. At the same...

The Birdcage

The Birdcage

When we moved to Canandaigua, New York in 2021, one of the features (if you want to call it that) of the northern lakeshore was an unfinished project. COVID lockdowns were still in place in most of the state, so a steel structure in the middle of ...

Room for Both

Room for Both

I’m the pastor of a unique congregation in Upstate New York. When someone asks me about our church and I tell them that it is both Baptist and Presbyterian, the first response is almost always, “What did you say?” The second is, “How does that wor...