Month: September 2011

  • September 30, 2011
    Allow Psalm 22 to gather up your prayer for a frustrating time in your ministry. Based on Psalm 22 O…

  • September 29, 2011
    I have found allowing the psalms to guide me in preparing a prayer has taught me a lot about how…

  • September 28, 2011
    A major faith issue that we all have to face honestly is whether we believe that the infinite God does…

  • September 27, 2011
    When we approach Scripture from a sacramental perspective, we are making the faith assumption that God not only called us…

  • September 26, 2011
    Recently I was leading a workshop on how clergy care for themselves. One of the suggestions was that clergy could…

  • September 23, 2011
    Too often we decry the fractionalism of the church but neglect a simple act as a clergy that could make…

  • September 22, 2011
    Because we are part of a profession that is generally underpaid relative to our education and skill set, and frequently…

  • September 21, 2011
    In my forty years of ministry, I can't remember when a member of the presbytery staff called me simply to…

  • September 20, 2011
    When you boil it down to the core, many people live their lives feeling unappreciated and largely ignored. It is…

  • September 19, 2011
    Sometimes people will say to me "I haven't filled out my PIF (Personal Information Form) because I'm not sure whether…