The Rev. Juan C. Huertas, OSL
FTE Ministry Fellow ('02)
Sr. Pastor, St. John's United Methodist Church
Baton Rouge, LA
Recent entries:
June 17, 2011
This blog post was produced during our 2011
Leaders
in
Ministry
Conference in New Orleans, LA
It seems like talk of “practices” is popular again. People and groups
both inside and outside the church are re-discovering that our faith is
not just about beliefs or intellectual affirmation but about a way of
life, a way of living, that connects us to one another and to God. These
are not in and of themselves “salvific.” In other words, practices for
practices sake, for getting our own spiritual fix, are not
transformative, are not converting. But if we engage them with...
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August 03, 2010
A few weeks ago I had the great privilege of being a round-table leader for the Fund for Theological Education’s Leaders in Ministry Conference
at Boston University. I was blessed to have an amazing group of
undergraduate students who were discerning a call to religious
leadership. Many times during our times together they would ask me about
my vocation and why did I answer the call to pastoral leadership.
On the last day at the conference I remembered writing about my
vocation for my ordination papers. Here is what I wrote a few years ago:
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June 18, 2010
LIVE from our 2010
Leaders in
Ministry Conference in Boston, MA
This has been a day of stories. We told our story, heard the story of others and were pleasantly surprise to hear about God's story in a variety of ways. It makes sense that we are gathered in this place at this time to talk about the importance of story for the transformation of the world.
I'm still reflecting on the transformational moments in my story. It
seems that the more that I reflect the more moments that come to mind.
Also the more people...
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