Tag: Nazarene

• What Does it Mean to be Holy?

  John 17:17-19 Sermon I prepared for Ordinary Community Church (OCC), May 25, 2025. Introduction I had pages of notes on holiness and perfection – notes from books, Bible commentaries, and sermons by other pastors. But none of it felt right. The message was spot on, but the delivery style was all wrong. So, I set…

  Renee Albracht

  May 25, 2025

  mental health

  bible, christianity, faith, god, holiness, Jesus, john-wesley, Nazarene, wesleyan

• The View Within

  Today’s sermon was about not squandering our God-given talents, a reminder that ALL belongs to God. Seems like all the sermons I have listened to this week have been about a similar topic – ALL belongs to God. That is what troubles my heart. We do not have to look very far to see that…

  Renee Albracht

  January 8, 2023

  Spirit

  Buddhist, Catholic, Church Hurt, church life, division, mental health, Muslim, Nazarene, nondenomonation, unity

• #ChurchHurt

  I have been hurt by the church . . . and I am a pastor and chaplain. Religious trauma is now a clinical diagnosis. If it had not been for a trip back to Nashville this past summer, attending a conference with 400 other lonely and hurting pastors, reconnecting and healing with/by my home church,…

  Renee Albracht

  September 18, 2022

  mental health, Spirit

  Church Hurt, Community Bible Church, mental health, Nashville First Church of the Nazarene, Nazarene