Patience
“Patience” (James 5:7-11)
Everything in your life that you’re trying to do better and be better at— the stuff you’ve been working on for years that always gets the best of you— when you judge yourself for those things, where does that come from in you? Are you patient with yourself or are all too quick condemn yourself?
Ryan Phipps is the Senior Minister at Church In Bethesda.
Raised in the church, becoming a pastor was the one thing Ryan vowed he would never do. After spending many years away from faith, he found that for all of its flaws, the church can still occupy a unique place of good in the world if it is willing to evolve with reason and empathy.
Ryan has a special place in his heart for those who have been damaged or disillusioned by the church, and longs to lead those within it toward a more just and generous expression of itself.
Ryan has pastored churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Manhattan, New York City. He is also the host of Meditations For The Metro, a podcast of daily devotions for people with busy lives, writes music under the pseudonym, “Saturne,” and is a former contributor to the Huffington Post.