Where's the Good Stuff this week?

Friday 3/20/26 roundup of what I've discovered on Substack

‘Good Stuff’ = blog posts I’ve read this week that inspired, educated, entertained, or moved me.

Which for a Free Range Priest, means reading more amazing, inspiring things about God, the church, the universe, and running.


Here’s this week’s roundup:

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God stuff

• ‘Becoming Happy in 10 Easy Steps’ by Griffin Gooch. ‘Prayer, Scripture study and memorization, fasting, generosity, gathering for worship—these are among the happiest activities we could choose at any given moment.’

• ‘I wanna die with a mellow heart’ by Crystal R. Hammon. ‘Because of her, I have a personal goal to live and die without bitterness.’

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Church stuff

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• ‘The Mainline Church Is Running Out of Pastors’ by Loren Richmond Jr. ‘The mainline church may think it has a building problem or an attendance problem. What it actually has is a bench problem.’

• ‘Church-hopping, Part XV: “Coffee Hour” Edition’ by Diane Roth. ‘But here’s my secret: sometimes, I go to church for the “coffee hour.”’
  

Other stuff

• ‘The gel isn’t glamorous’ by Julie B. Hughes. ‘“How was your run, Mom?”

  Me: “Great! I ate sugar for 3 hours and watched the sun come up.”

• ‘This Part of My Life Is Called…?’ by Terrell Johnson. ‘Instead of interacting with the world mainly through screens, now I’m a body in the world again’.
  

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What I wrote this week:

• ‘Do you have an announcement for church this Sunday?’ For most congregations, the days of a paid parish administrator are long gone. So how do we keep up with the news and the ‘communication’ of the community?

• ‘Digital Ministry Friends’. I didn’t actually write this! This is a post about an interview I did with Jim Keat about … digital ministry. And friends!

  
  
  
  

And finally…

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At Free Range Priest, we’re reimagining ministry in the digital age.

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