Eddie Pipkin

About Eddie Pipkin

Eddie Pipkin has 30 years in ministry experience at churches in Georgia and Florida, primarily in the United Methodist Church. His ministry leadership includes stints in youth and children's ministry, creative worship design, outreach and missions, communications, special event coordination, and leadership development. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida. His original careers were in journalism and teaching at the college level, and he has a Master's Degree in English from the University of Central Florida (with an emphasis in creative writing). He also has worked as an independent editor, and he has an alter-ego known as the Rapping Lamb. He is an avid cyclist, outdoorsman and pie aficionado.

Help As Strategy

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Confession time: I am terrible at backing up trailers.  If you are one of those human beings who is naturally gifted at reversing a vehicle with a trailer behind it, be it a boat trailer, cargo trailer, or camper, I salute you.  I have owned [...]

Help As Strategy2025-08-13T17:45:21-04:00

The Value of Empty Space

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Interior Lens from Pixabay Home organizers have plenty of tips about how to keep yourself sane in a house full of people and their constantly expanding stuff. Sometimes the advice is straightforward, like "Tidy up every day!"  Sometimes it’s counterintuitive.  For instance, the value of empty space.  You’d [...]

The Value of Empty Space2025-08-07T09:15:32-04:00

One Eye Open

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Victoria from Pixabay I hope you’ve had some time off this summer, or that you at least have some time off in the next few weeks before fall comes roaring in full-throated and commanding your undivided attention.  Summer traditionally marks a slower pace in ministry life (except for [...]

One Eye Open2025-07-31T18:59:24-04:00

Humility Door

by Eddie Pipkin Photo by Pipkin Are you familiar with the nijiriguchi?  It is the small doorway that marks the entrance to a Japanese tea garden.  It translates in English to “humility door,” and it serves a distinctive purpose that sets the spiritual tone of the garden as a person enters it.  It [...]

Humility Door2025-07-23T17:22:45-04:00

Rivers of Rebirth

by Eddie Pipkin Image by annasiracusa from Pixabay I’m in Denver, Colorado this week.  It’s a great city, with lots to do and see.  One of the highlights is visiting the many cultural institutions, attractions, and recreation and nature spots along the South Platte River which runs through the heart of this thriving [...]

Rivers of Rebirth2025-07-17T18:02:21-04:00

Volley of Wisdom

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Andrea from Pixabay It’s Wimbledon time, and one of the greatest tennis players ever, the great Novak Djokovic, is once again pursuing grass court glory.  At 38 he owns the all-time record for most men’s singles majors titles, and he was #1 in the world rankings for a [...]

Volley of Wisdom2025-07-08T14:22:17-04:00

Kingdom for a Spoon

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Walter Bichler from Pixabay In this week’s edition, I will share with you a story of a wonderful night gone awry on account of a spoon – or rather, the lack of a spoon.  It is a tale of a delightful dinner which ended on a sour note [...]

Kingdom for a Spoon2025-06-27T08:10:10-04:00

Sustainable Sustentation

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany from Pixabay I was driving down a familiar stretch of busy 6-lane road recently and realized that the local government had invested in some nice new landscaping in the grassy median.  I love it when public spaces are given some extra love [...]

Sustainable Sustentation2025-06-20T09:07:33-04:00

Machete Musings

by Eddie Pipkin I had a lot of work to do to clear overgrowth down by the lake.  There were months’ worth of vines, out-of-control ruellia simplex, and invasive wild taro.  And you can’t whack taro with a string trimmer, because it’s a juicy plant whose sap produces profound itching if it gets on your [...]

Machete Musings2025-06-13T07:53:08-04:00

Cruise Ministry

by Eddie Pipkin Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay I went with the guys to see the latest Mission Impossible movie.  It’s an eight-film series, and Tom Cruise has been making them (and I’ve been going to the theater to see them) since 1996.  That’s a long time!  Superspy action-adventure flicks may or [...]

Cruise Ministry2025-06-05T18:34:25-04:00