That’s how long it’s been since my last post. Well, 9 years and 5 months to be precise. Close enough. Over those years I’ve been writing – a lot! – but not here and it’s time to take the Precarious Pastor up again.
In the meantime a lot has changed. Politically and societally, yes, but mainly in me. No abrupt changes, but a continued progression of the course I’ve been on since at least high school. A course I fully committed to when I started Jacob’s Well in South Minneapolis in 2006 which become Fabric in 2018 with the intent of creating a church that was people, not a building. Community, not an institution. A church focused on weaving significant relationships with each other, the larger world, and that ‘whatever it is’ that transcends everything and anything we could ever grasp. No belief statements to conform to, but openness, curiosity, and persistence to explore, test it, and put it to work in our lives and relationships. I won’t detail those changes, I’ll let them become apparent in the posts that follow.
The 124 posts in this blog reflect my thoughts from that time, and while I might not write them the same way today, I still stand by their core ideas. I encourage you to read them with an understanding of the context in which they were created. Observing evolution and change—perhaps even growth—is just as valuable as making everything fit current standards.
I suppose it is relevant to fill in some of the 10-year gap by sharing that I retired from leadership of Fabric in 2024 and placed it in the able hands of the community, staff, and a new leader, Ian McConnell. They are doing great work and finding the way Fabric is meant to be woven with this new configuration of hands at the loom. While that role has been relinquished my responsibility to speak out has not. So just where, and about what is something I am exploring. Thanks for reading. Follow and subscribe to this blog if you will and share your thoughts in the comments.
Thanks. Now, let’s shake things up!
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