The BAT Blog

Preaching the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous will live by faith." – Romans 1:16-17 Welcome to my blog. I plan to post here with some regularity my thoughts and prayerful reflections on congregational life and where the synod is headed. You may respond and even disagree with me, but I ask that you do so respectfully and kindly. Rachel Line will monitor responses. If there are any she feels go over the line, she will delete them. But generating discussion about the work of God in the Pacifica Synod strikes me as a good thing, so feel free to share your thoughts and opinions. At this year’s Synod Assembly, I asked “What do congregations need?” in order to fulfill their mission and ministry. I responded to the question by stating, in my opin