Author: Steve

  • September 6, 2023
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  • September 1, 2023
    MAKE A GAME OF IT  The single pastor or educator can invite another colleague or two or three to share…

  • August 30, 2023
    God’s Fondness for Rascals At points of frustration in our ministry, Psalm 47 can be a helpful devotion reminding us…

  • August 25, 2023
    SOMETIMES THE BEST MINISTRY IS RECEIVING MINISTRY FROM ANOTHER I want to pursue this idea of the importance of being…

  • August 16, 2023
    OUR EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER Ministry places you on an emotional rollercoaster. At one moment you are preparing a sermon. Then someone…

  • August 9, 2023
    Here is a fun little exercise that can engage a small group, stimulate laughter, and bond people together. The idea…

  • August 4, 2023
    God called me to ministry. God called me to gather a group of narcissists and teach them to love each…

  • August 2, 2023
    REPARATIONS One aspect of God’s reconciling work may involve the issue of reparation. Desmond Tutu, in speaking about the struggle…

  • July 28, 2023
    CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…

  • July 26, 2023
    There is a theological sense in which the whole future of ministry and the health of both clergy and churches…