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  • 10 Lessons From 1 Year of Pastoral Ministry

    Something I try to do every so often is pause and reflect on what I’m learning… Truthfully, I need this practice, as a chronic “forgetter”… Last week marked our one year anniversary of moving to Johnson City. So (in no particular order), here are 10 lessons I’ve been learning this year…

  • Lessons in Transition

    We are now in transition… I recently accepted a position at a church in Johnson City, TN, and we are days away from packing up everything we own and moving. Here’s a few things I’m learning about transition and life in general through this process.

  • To the Smoky’s…

    BIG life update for the Murphy family… (no, we’re not pregnant)… I recently accepted a position at Grace Fellowship Church in Johnson City, Tennessee. I’ll be a teaching pastor and also oversee their family ministries.

  • Lessons From The Summer

    This summer, I have been learning a lot. Here’s a few snippets of what God is teaching me right now… 1. Perfection is not the goal.

  • Privilege

    I recently had the opportunity to go to Bolivia with a team from Pine Cove for ten days to train some leaders in Christian camping. As I’ve been processing my time there, two things have stood out in my mind.

  • 3 Things I Love About My Wife

    I married up. Big time. No doubt about it. I think I would have said that when I first got married, but I don’t know if I really believed it. And not because I was prideful and self-absorbed (though that’s probably true) but because I think I didn’t really know how great Katie was.

  • Love & Seminary

    This is where I am. The season of life where I am getting a seminary education. After 2 years of part-time student’ing, I’ve barely scratched the surface of my 90 hour program, but God has been teaching me a lot. I enjoy studying and talking about theology. One of the main reasons why is that theology…

  • Why should I blog? There are a lot of blogs out there. Why add one more? What’s the point? I’ve wrestled with this in my limited blogging journey. For me, there’s 3 reasons why I’ve been blogging and will continue to…

  • Hips and Healing: Lily’s Story

    As some of you know, Lily had “hip dysplasia” when she was born. What that means is that the sockets of her hip joints were not developed, allowing her hips to move in and out of socket. Our pediatrician recommended an orthopedist to us, and just 3 weeks after Lily was born, she was in…