Pastor Brian's Blog

This fall Trinity Church will serve as a teaching congregation for a student at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.  His name is Il-Han You.  Il-Han ’ s field education experience with Trinity Church will begin the first week of September.  The internship will conclude in May 2018. A native of South Korea, Il-Han is a graduate of Seoul National University of Technology (2011) and Baekseok Culture University (2006) with degrees in food science engineering and English.    He is a candidate for ordained ministry in The United Methodist Church.  He has previously served at Vision United Methodist Church in Mundelein.  Although Il-Han is not a regular church employee, Pastor Brian will supervise him and Trinity will pay him a stipend during his internship.  To grow in his calling as a pastor, he will need to be exposed to various roles in pastoral ministry, including regular assignments for preaching, teaching, and pastoral c...

Whatever happened to the lazy days of summer?  Life can be harried year-round if you're constantly rushing around and always trying to catch up.  Do you feel the pressure of a busy schedule, constant deadlines, and never-ending to-do lists?  Pico Iyer describes the predicament:   “We’ve lost our Sundays, our weekends, and our nights off — our holy days, as some would have it; our bosses, our email, our parents can find us wherever we are, at any time of day or night.  More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.” 1 We just aren’t built to sustain a highly stressful life.  Being busy all the time can undermine our health.  Slowing down is critical for our well-being.  We need downtime and rest. The solution, according to Deborah Caldwell, is to do “nothing” on purpose as often as possible. ...