Jeff McLain
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Director at Water Street Mission • Pastor at River Corner Church • Blogger on Patheos • DMin Student • Goal: drink coffee & work on the boardwalk.
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I'm a reflective continuist who started out as a disillusioned hitchhiker, event promoter, and spiritual pilgrim. I encountered Jesus in the Vineyard Movement.

Since then, I've borrowed many other theological influences, Quaker disciplines, and Anabaptism.

Pastoring in a simple Jesus community.
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What Scripture has been a lamp unto your feet?

For me, 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 has been my filter, reminder, calling, and encouragement over the past five years — I am just starting to grasp it recently.

What key verse keeps you on track these days?

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“In our relationship with God especially, we are all infants, hitchhikers waiting for grace, beggars in need of a handout. To be human is to be in need. To pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," is to recognize our absolute dependency and existential poverty before God.”

—Albert Haase, O.F.M.
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My favorite Bible translations as of late:

- NET
- NIV
- NASB
- GW
- NRSV/NRSVUE
- NTFE

What are yours and why?
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This is my story, and I’m sticking to it—wandering, grace, and finding home in unexpected places.

🛣️ The Sojourn Series is live:
1️⃣ Becoming a Spiritual Pilgrim
2️⃣ Becoming Vineyard
3️⃣ Becoming Anabaptist

...more to come.

Blogs on @patheos.com!

www.patheos.com/blogs/leadaq...
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“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

#BePresent #SayNo #SitQuietly #LeadAQuietLife
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Thanks, friends! Blessings to you.
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I’ve been reworking my Rule of Life and reflecting on what it means to pursue a quieter, more intentional way with Jesus. Here are 5 books that have deeply shaped me along the way.

A Blog Post on @patheos.com.

#RuleofLife #NowReading #JesusisLord
5 Books That Shaped My Rule Of Life And Quiet Life Pursuit
Discover 5 books that shaped my Rule of Life and quiet life pursuit, offering rhythms, habits, and spiritual practices for faithful living.
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The increasing violence in our country over the past few weeks has been alarming.

Is there a more suitable way to pray than to echo Jesus' words, "Deliver us from evil"?
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Starting in January 2026, children at River Corner Church will begin a 2-year journey through The Biggest Story—seeing how all Scripture points to Jesus.

You are invited!
The Biggest Story: A New Journey for Our Kids
Join River Corner Church kids on a 2-year adventure through The Biggest Story, discovering how all of Scripture points to Jesus.
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I am SUPER grateful for some quality family time today—bayside for hours in Havre de Grace MD, a picnic in Perryville MD, then home for movie night before sermon prep. Even with the pressures of what needs done, these moments remind me what matters most.

Tomorrow, back to doctoral studies.
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“When Christianity is reduced to an all-encompassing ideology. those of us who live in the modern age are all too prone to be skeptical about its relevance to our life experience.”

- Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer
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“Idols in today's world are no longer made of gold, at least not in North America. No, in our contemporary context the preferred materials manufacturing idols are images and ideas, ideologies.“

- Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Everyday Theology)