Faith – Page 4 – Rev. Kris Mares

Committed

This year, I’m using the Present Over Perfect Guided Journal. I read Shauna Neiquist’s Present Over Perfect book when it came out a few years ago and so much of it just connected with me. When I saw she had created a journal, I knew it was right for this season of my life. TheContinue reading “Committed”

The Broken Shells

The beach is always a place of fun and healing for me. A place where my spirit feels somehow smaller and expanded at the same time. Where the daily grind of life seems to pause for a moment and possibility seems to enter in. Like most people, I like to keep an eye out forContinue reading “The Broken Shells”

Book Review: Reclaiming Church

I remember watching a young man, college age, giving a passionate plea to share Jesus. To share Jesus with college students, with the outsiders, with people different than myself. He was pleading for my church, The United Methodist Church, to be a place of inclusion for all people. I remember I cried hearing his wordsContinue reading “Book Review: Reclaiming Church”

Trusting Time

Slowing Down and Loss

Hold on to the Hosannas

This post is an edited manuscript of a sermon I gave at Grace UMC and Bethel UMC in Salisbury, NC on Palm Sunday 2022. Brothers and sisters, I want to call your attention to the good news that I preached to you, which you also received and in which you stand. 2 You are being saved throughContinue reading “Hold on to the Hosannas”

Longing

Worship is Work is Worship

Worship is about picking up the toys, doing the paperwork, cooking the food, finishing the homework, answering the phone calls, and serving others with an attitude that is glorifying to God, that is grateful and honoring.

On Being Resilient

Sometimes when I attend ministry related workshops, I end up thinking more about home and family than I do about the local church. You see, right now, I am in a pretty intense season of parenting. Bill and I have one adult child who is out of the house and finding her own way inContinue reading “On Being Resilient”

BREATHE

I’m an eternal optimist and recovering overdoer. I like to think I can do more than I can in the time that I have. I also like to believe things will go “right” with minimal snags. Life doesn’t always go as I want it to. So even though I set ambitious goals each year, IContinue reading “BREATHE”