faith. prayer. and a little bit of holy mischief.

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I’m a renegade Executive Pastor and a professional Holy Mischief Maker helping others to engage in the mysterious disruption of love in action. It is my deepest desire to collaborate with others to become all that God created and calls us to be while we transform the world.

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THOUGHTS

It’s Easy to Love the Dog

By skarafanda | Oct 20, 2020

The Greatest of These is Love What is it about our pets that make them so easy to love? My dog smells like a dog. She sheds horribly. She still jumps on guests and barks at deer.…

Faith and Innovation

By skarafanda | Oct 15, 2020

A Part of My Faith Story: I’ve been blogging for 14 years. It’s helped me shape my voice. Shape my theology. Shape and navigate the ever changing contexts of ministry. I started writing in 2006, when I…

The Elixir of Life

By skarafanda | Oct 13, 2020

I have become one of those people that needs coffee so that I can make the coffee. It’s a hard habit to break but an easy one to get into. I haven’t always been a coffee drinker.…

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CONVERSATIONS

Prayer: How to get started.

September 24, 2020 |

Prayer: How to get started. How do we get started in prayer? What are some best practices? What words do we use? Does it matter where we are or what…

Finish Line Living: Overcoming Distractions

September 3, 2020 |

Finish Line Living: Overcoming Distractions Matthew 16.24-28 Jesus is the LIFE for our living. It’s a mental game. Right thinking. Right understanding leads to wisdom and faithful living. We can’t…

What’s going on with the unrest in America?

June 5, 2020 |

What’s going on with the unrest in America? An interview with Dr. Walter Fluker discussing racial tension, injustice, and seeking transformation as an act of Holy Mischief. We keep seeking…

Racism in Atlanta

June 3, 2020 |

Racism in Atlanta A conversation about race, riots, and relationships. Rev. Karen Webster-Parks speaks with me about her varied roles as a leader in Atlanta and how the white community…

How can we respond to the George Floyd riots?

June 1, 2020 |

How can we respond to the George Floyd riots? A conversation about race, relationships, faith, and agency with Rev. Dr. Theodore Turman, Pastor of First Baptist Detroit. The interview is…

The Importance of Sabbath Keeping and Self Care

April 24, 2020 |

The Importance of Sabbath Keeping and Self Care My interview with Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson about ways to connect to God and keep Sabbath during quarantine. She discusses her current practice…

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