Scott Lowe
Purpose | Wholeness | Impact
I made the biggest life pivot, to date, about 1 year ago. It was not easy but God has been gracious through this pivot. I am thankful for years of pastoral...
NOTE: I wrote this article a couple of months ago before the global pandemic. Time has become very weird. We are with our families 24/7. There is so much beauty...
I have spent 27 years in professional ministry. I have been everything from a youth director to church planter to Senior Pastor. This past summer I resigned as Senior Pastor of...
This morning, in my daily office reading, was an insightful quote by Parker Palmer about burnout. I am sure that many of you have, at one point or another, experienced burnout....
I took a sabbatical in 2016. It was a time of retooling, self-realization, and revitalization. These were 8 things that guided my sabbatical rest. 8 Things to consider for your sabbatical!...
By Scott Lowe The word calling or call has an elite quality about it. It can have an untouchable force to the word. Calling can draw to mind ministry related ideas...
Read this a few years ago. Great article about the weight that pastors carry. Good words by Karl Vaters posted in Christianity Today. The pain of one pastor is...
When was the FIRST time that you realized that what you were feeling was fear? Strange question? It struck me this week that I can remember learning to tie my shoe...
I was reading, this morning, the story of Noah and the flood. In v9 it said “Noah walked with God.” It got me thinking. What would we be remembered for? Probably...
Friends, If you want to improve your guitar chops and master some old hymns at the same time, this course is for you! I love Blayne and he is a great...
Podcast interview – scroll to bottom to hear the interview Last week I had the opportunity to join the MAST. team in their studio in Longmont, CO to record a podcast...
There is not a week that goes by, in my life, that’s not marked by a struggle with control, fear, empty joy, and trying to prove myself to others. This week...
FRIENDSHIP: To walk alone is possible, but the good walker knows that the great trip is life & it requires companions. -Bishop Camara
“The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the nonessentials,...
Dan Allender gives a great definition of a leader in his book Leading with a Limp. “A leader is anyone who has someone following her. If anyone looks to you for...
A passage from Forgotten among the Lilies by Ronald Rolheiser (quoted in Common Prayer) : “If the Catholicism that I was raised in had fault, and it did, it was precisely that it...
“You are not the point. Your ministry is not the point and God has not pushed all his chips in on you, He has not put the kingdom in your hands...
Originally posted by Thom Rainer “The greatest gift you could give me is more time.” The statement was made half jokingly by a pastor. Of course, he didn’t think I could...
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