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Stephen Rankin has a heart for small town churches and beautiful ideas. Or rather, he has answered a call to help people faithfully navigate a world of beliefs that don’t all fit together. He has done so as the chaplain of a major denominational academic institution, and now as a Texan United Methodist clergyman living in Kansas. His ministry is called the ‘Spiritual Maturity Project.’
I’m not sure how mature I am, personally. I know I struggle with what I routinely perceive to be subtle apathy on the part of spiritual shepherds. Disaffiliation from the UMC exposed, to my mind, just how far the discernment of leadership has fallen. So in this segment I rail a bit against what I’m pretty sure are forces of darkness that we should have clarity about, asking Dr. Rankin to show me the way forward.
And he does, patiently. I won’t say that everything is figured out at the tail end of this thing. But I’ll tell you that it was a rewarding conversation for me, and many of you will enjoy it quite a bit.
Links:
Steve’s Substack - https://substack.com/@UClKEyHgztMvlsCG5DqnjwmA
Spiritual Maturity Project - https://www.spiritualmaturityproject.org
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Stephen Rankin has a heart for small town churches and beautiful ideas. Or rather, he has answered a call to help people faithfully navigate a world of beliefs that don’t all fit together. He has done so as the chaplain of a major denominational academic institution, and now as a Texan United Methodist clergyman living in Kansas. His ministry is called the ‘Spiritual Maturity Project.’
I’m not sure how mature I am, personally. I know I struggle with what I routinely perceive to be subtle apathy on the part of spiritual shepherds. Disaffiliation from the UMC exposed, to my mind, just how far the discernment of leadership has fallen. So in this segment I rail a bit against what I’m pretty sure are forces of darkness that we should have clarity about, asking Dr. Rankin to show me the way forward.
And he does, patiently. I won’t say that everything is figured out at the tail end of this thing. But I’ll tell you that it was a rewarding conversation for me, and many of you will enjoy it quite a bit.
Links:
Steve’s Substack - https://substack.com/@UClKEyHgztMvlsCG5DqnjwmA
Spiritual Maturity Project - https://www.spiritualmaturityproject.org

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