By Rev. Jamie George . I never imagined that Jesus would pull me out of the battle per se and take me to a place where I would be milking goats, gathering chicken eggs and installing fences. Nevertheless, I now realize God has led me here to prepare me for the next ministry.

Here are three principles that will help us all as we seek to communicate the great blessings our tradition has to offer in its sacramental life.

Serving in established churches can feel like a very safe place to follow and serve Jesus, and if you’ve never left to go start a church from scratch, it might sound crazy or feel impossible to join Jesus in such an endeavor. But to some, the urge to go where Jesus is leading surpasses everything else.

Can your staff clearly identify and differentiate, by policy and wisdom, which acts of compassion, enabling, helping, discernment, accountability and church safety are useful when an unknown “poor” family of four asks for assistance? How would you discern wise, loving forward-moving ministry?

The gift of hospice is to provide comfort and care to patients nearing the end of life and their families. The gift of the hospice chaplain is to bring the extraordinary message of Easter.

You can hear the Word of God and “participate” in and celebrate the liturgy, and through these “streams” you can experience the third stream, the Holy Spirit. However, I believe that there is more the Holy Spirit wants to give us if we can provide the opportunities or space for Him to move among us.

Roof People are the ones you call to talk to someone without them fixing it. Roof People are the ones who say, “Let’s get together” and then schedule the time.

After a brief discussion of my situation, he began to pray in the manner that he had been teaching us during the weekend—nothing like the "usual" requests for healing at all; just prayers of thanksgiving for what Jesus had done on the Cross, and glorification of God's kingdom.