There is quite a bit going on. Some of you know portions of what I am about to share. For others, this may be “news to you”. Very few know the full extent of what has been going on. However, now that everything has been formalized and all necessary persons have been notified it is […]
Author Archives: tobychastain
The following is an edited version of what I shared with my congregation at our Administrative Board meeting on Sunday, October 2, 2022. I mostly edited for clarity and expanded the text a bit to fit the wider audience. This is a pretty clear picture of where I am in my journey. I have taken […]
Today, I am very thankful! Today marks a one-year “anniversary” of sorts, really the anniversary of many things. Today marks one year serving a great church in the North Alabama Conference. Today also marks one year as an associate pastor…a career turn I still don’t fully understand. But most importantly today marks one year since […]
WOW! I really dropped the ball on this! I had planned to blog all the way through my last year of school and on into the process of becoming ordained. I was also going to add some interesting content. Now almost five years later and I’ve done none of that. There are lots of reasons […]
This won’t be a long post, but it will get me caught up for the week. Yes, this is a selfie of me on my first day of school. Lame I know, but I felt it an important occasion to document. I made it to class ok, although halfway there the bus I was on broke […]
So on Sunday (that was yesterday), I took some time to visit the city I will be in for the next few days. Let me first say that I got in around 1:30 am local time (which is 3:30 am Hartselle time). So I was tired, however I got up early the next morning for […]
In some ways I wish I would have started this blog two years ago when I first started my seminary education through CYMT. However that opportunity has passed, so I’ll just have to start with the last year of school and the beginning of my application for Provisional Deacon in The United Methodist Church. I’ll have […]
Running For The Prize 