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Conference Minister Rev. Gordon Rankin 9.9.26 “Sculpting every move you compose a symphony. You plead to everyone, ‘see the art in me’”. These are lyrics from the chorus of the song Art in Me by the Christian Contemporary Musicians, Jars of Clay. For eleven years now, I have been part of a Community of Practice with other Conference Minister colleagues. It has been the same Community of Practice though some folks have gone and others have come. There are so many things this

Conference Minister Rev. Gordon Rankin 9.2.26 Twenty-four years ago, I spent a week of my summer serving as a chaplain at Silver Lake Conference Center. Usually, I preferred to serve as a dean. However, that particular summer, my wife and I were at the point in our adoption process that I needed the flexibility in schedule that being a chaplain allowed. During my week as a chaplain, I became particularly well acquainted with a young girl named Jess. Jess was in one of our..