- October 15, 2012If you were to describe the image that you hope your congregation will have of you and your ministry after…
- October 12, 2012When a pastor arrives at a congregation and begins to exercise ministry, it is a little like moving from dating…
- October 10, 2012A critical issue for any pastor, but perhaps especially as s/he begins a new call, is remembering and staying in…
- October 8, 2012Consider what it means for both the pastor and the congregation to build on the assumption that both the pastor…
- October 5, 2012It would be helpful for a new pastor to speak to the very anxiety that exists with his or her…
- October 3, 2012There is a palpable excitement to arriving at a new congregation both on the part of the congregation and the…
- October 3, 2012No matter how many times you have done it before, when you come to a new congregation, it is a…
- October 1, 2012The first truth for me about my death is that I firmly believe that God, not death, does have and…
- September 28, 2012In my last blog, I spoke about living life in the realistic awareness that I will die within the next…
- September 26, 2012As part of my spiritual discipline of reading Scripture in this new phase of my life, I want to read…
