The RunninRev
The RunninRev
TO BUILD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH RUNNING AND SELF-CARE
TO BUILD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH RUNNING AND SELF-CARE
COMMUNITY
We are created to be in community with one another. Community is what supports us when we are low, celebrates our highs, and is a constant point of gathering in our lives. While the people in our community may change expressions of community are the constant to drive us forward.
Building community is one of my great passions because I have recognized how the nature of community can help us grow in faith. Community is the primary focus of my vision because of this nature of growth.
Building Community Through:
FAITH
As a pastor in the United Methodist Church, I seek to build “Christian community” by serving as a leader in the local community. I am currently serving in Suffolk, Va at Beech Grove United Methodist Church. We see God calling us to be “a visible church without walls, strengthening our community by connecting resources to needs through partnerships.”
SELF-CARE
When faced with vocational burnout, I wanted to explore what it meant to truly care for myself, so that I could better care for those God entrusted in my care. As a self-care advocate I seek to build community through writing and podcasting to develop a theology of self-care. In working with others, we can grow and learn better manners and rituals to care for ourselves as well as better care for others.
RUNNING
As a lifelong runner, I have experienced the benefit that running in community can offer. I love to gather with other runners and share stories, experiences, and even some miles together. I seek to build community to help make our community stronger by being active together. No matter your pace or ability there is always a place for everyone.
Andrew Ware
Pastor, Advocate, Coach
Andrew is a pastor in the United Methodist Church serving Beech Grove UMC in Suffolk, Va. He is also an advocate for clergy health and helping clergy avoid burnout. Equally important, Andrew leads churches to recognize their roles in God’s Kingdom as beacons of hope and grace in the world. Andrew advocates for self-care and self-worth as manners of living into the Great Commandments.
Our Vow: Faithfully Participating with Our Witness
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not...
ACTIVE FAITH PODCAST: Restoring The Image – Monday Meditation
The story of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37 offers a perspective of restoration. How are we being restored through God’s image?
Our Vow: Faithfully Participating with Your Gifts
What do we mean when we talk about gifts? Our minds often go straight to thinking about money, but this is more than that. What are we giving to the church? What does it look like to give to the church? Whether our time, talents, or treasures, are we willing to participate with our gifts to help support the church and God’s plan.
Monday Meditation: The Beginning and Self-Worth
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0bjiy9hth14F1I4zXUvbsc?si=4a778f6e1b644393 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came...
Our Vow: Faithfully Participating with Your Presence
19 Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us...
Our Vow: Faithfully Participating with Your Prayers
13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer...
The Busyness of Burnout: Need Renewal – Struggling to Relax
Burnout is a real thing. Made worse by the innate nature of busyness in our society. Even when we get time off we struggle to disconnect. How can we be better?
A Methodist Loves Others
1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have...
A Methodist Prayers Constantly
1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ 2 He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our...
Pastoral Transitions 4: Addressing Emotions
In the final article of this series, we look at how we can address emotions in a healthy way through this process.
NEW INJURY…Am I Made of Glass?
I feel like I am always injured. It can be very angering to be in this headspace, but this is why self-care is wholistic. How we process this anger and continue to care for ourselves is important.
Nevertheless She Preached
“Nevertheless, She Preached” seems like a brave statement, and yet why do women need to be viewed as “brave” to proclaim God’s Word and live into God’s calling?