Rev. Bobby Musengwa

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Growing up, preachers would ask: what kind of soil are you? Turns out, that might be the wrong question. According to The New Interpreter’s Bible commentary on Matthew, scholars agree that "what kind of soil am I" was never Jesus' question. They posit that this question came later. It is the church's interpretation, added on top of the story, not the story itself. So what was Jesus actually saying? The Real Story Jesus Told Strip away...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter This week some of us attended the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s interactive training on emotional and spiritual resilience. It was absolutely wonderful and appropriate for such a time as this. Ministry is hard right now. Pastors are navigating conflict, grief, and exhaustion. Ruling elders are carrying congregations through uncertainty. Leaders across Mission Presbytery are showing up for everyone else, often without anyone asking, "How...

On a beautiful, warm evening, as the summer sun was setting over John Knox Ranch Camp and Retreat Center, I sat on a rugged, steady bench outside the dining hall. I was waiting to bless and commission the new camp counselors. I was an hour and a half early, which tells you the premium I placed on this role of blessing and commissioning these young people. I had come at the invitation of Henry Owen, the Executive Director of the camp and retreat center. Bobby, Beth, and Henry As many of you...