- August 25, 2014BEING DRAWN INTO ANXIETY A challenge for any pastor in this anxious age is to not absorb the anxiety of…
- August 22, 2014I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…
- August 20, 2014(CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE' BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING FROM…
- August 18, 2014BEFORE THE BEGINNING Consider what has happened before the new pastor arrives at a congregation. Let me describe some of…
- August 15, 2014DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene' Brown's work on vulnerability and applying…
- August 13, 2014I'm not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit is gone The elders are boss…
- August 11, 2014CLERGY DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…
- August 8, 2014(Thoughts derived from reflecting on 2 TED talks by Brene' Brown www.ted.com/talks/brene'_brown) as applied to churches .) This is the…
- August 6, 2014THE SHAME OF IT ALL (A continuation of reflections on Brene' Brown's TED talks on Vulnerability and Shame.) Brown suggests…
- August 4, 2014CAN OTHER CLERGY BE MY FRIEND? In my work on the issue of loneliness and isolation among clergy, I have…
