I’m sharing these thoughts just before the celebration of James the Just, and this leads me to consider what is, in essence, the “Inside Baseball” story, which is about the tension between James, in essence, putting forth an answer to the riddle of what happened in the Jerusalem Council, and the continuing work of the…

© Lifeontheside In Part 1 of this blog, we discussed how the call to ministry, particularly a call to a new position, can leave us feeling as though we’re in a precarious position. It’s as though we were navigating a tightrope and having to keep everything in balance. But this unhealthy perspective is far from…