Virtual Café

Welcome to the SKMB Virtual Café. Watch our introduction video and read each post below.

Covid-19Oct 13, 2021

There are Three Sides to a Coin

By looking at COVID in the church as a two-sided issue, I had almost missed the much larger picture of what ministry in COVID meant. When I invested in this ‘third side’ I began to discern my role as a pastor in a pandemic.

A Prayer for Healing

A Pandemic Prayer

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV

Rebecoming Human

To be truly human is to experience “life to the full” as Jesus spoke of - fully immersing ourselves in the messy and indelicate milieu of human relationships and experiences that require things of us rather than just serving our own needs.

Difficult Conversations Part 2

How can we respond appropriately as we think about the variety of attitudes that people have toward returning to in-person meetings?

Difficult Conversations Part 1

What will shape the kind of conversations that take place as the church re-opens? To regain trust in mutual honesty we first need to rebuild the relational context in which helpful conversation can take place.

Is This a Movie or a Worship Service?

Worship services have taken many different forms throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Adventures in Discipleship - Episode 3: The Neutral Zone

When we let go of the comfortable, safe and familiar we often have nothing to hang onto but Jesus.

What Does it Mean to Belong?

Adventures in Discipleship Episode 1: Leaving Home

The adventure of discipleship that Jesus calls us to requires many times of 'leaving' that which is comfortable, safe, and familiar.

Peace Amidst Violence, Part II

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also...

Peace Amidst Violence, Part I

We make a lot of choices, some important, some not so serious. Still other choices will shape our stories in profound, irrevocable ways...

The Medium is the Message

Marshal McLuhan is famous for the quote “the medium is the message”, the idea being that the media through which we communicate determines how we understand the message making the medium more important than the message being communicated.

Digital Discipleship

Covid-19 has brought on a new generation of ministry, requiring us to shift how we reach those we minister to livestreams, video meetings, and messaging are just some of the tools we have been forced to work with in this season of pandemic that is filled with social distancing and self-isolation. A question lingers in this new reality – can we actually disciple people in an online environment?