Two-Minute Tuesday: Doing Hard Things

Today I’m sharing a few tips for looking good on camera.  These come from Julie Hagen who has done amazing work at Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Washington, DC.  Julie has a background in broadcasting and is now a seminarian.  These tips are for free; you’re welcome.

Rev. Rock Fremont is the pastor of Shepherd of the Hills UCC Church near Phoenix, Arizona.  His church is full of “snowbirds,” residents who spend winters in Phoenix and summers elsewhere.  Not surprisingly, online worship has allowed his members to stay connected throughout the year, and has had some added benefits as well.

In this inaugural episode, I’ll interview Tom Cox, interim pastor of Hot Metal Bridge, a faith community in downtown Pittsburgh.  Tom describes this amazing ministry and its move toward holding worship services via Zoom.  Creativity and flexibility are the keys.

While U.S. churches expend tremendous energy in today’s culture wars—the role of women, rights of LGBTQ persons, the place of immigrants, the primacy of health care—the churches’ own real estate may be eating them alive. My guest today is Rick Reinhard, whose career has included roles in city planning, government, and national church work.  Rick…

I’m not a big fan of doing difficult things. If I have to, I usually can, but I like to know how long I’ll have to do them.

Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Washington, DC, a congregation that is setting aside its beautiful neo-Gothic sanctuary for the intimacy of worship in the home.  She reflects on this experience as a new setting for the Holy to emerge in our lives.