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Cultivating Enough: Conversations with Rev. Sarah Colwill

Cultivating Enough: Conversations with Rev. Sarah Colwill

Ministry often pulls pastors in between the two polar opposites, the fear of scarcity and the obsession with abundance. Over the last few years, our Presbytery has intentionally worked to cut through these debilitating narratives and come alongside pastors with a third way as alternative, cultivating a theology of enough. The Scriptures are saturated in stories, proverbs, psalms, and parables that remind us God has provided all we need to participate in the rhythm of life dreamed up in the very beginnings. Even Jesus’ prayer teaches us to pray not for abundance, but daily bread. In the fall of 2020, yes, at the height of the pandemic, we received word that our application for a five-year, million-dollar grant through the Lily Endowment’s Thriving in Ministry program was approved. We could not have been more grateful, aware that what we were imagining would especially serve our pastors in small churches, communities of color, and church plants/replants so very well as they navigated ministry in these especially trying and despairing times. The aim of the initiative will hinge or caring for clergy as whole people, to remind them they are enough and beloved children of God- not merely producers in this ecclesiastical machine. What follows is a conversation with the newly hired director of the program and longtime member of this presbytery, Rev. Sarah Colwill. You can read more about her by clicking here.

Listen to a podcast of the conversation here.