Author: Steve

  • January 9, 2012
    How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? Too often, it seems to me, congregations…

  • January 6, 2012
    Think about the stories you have read or those you know personally where a person has gotten themselves into deep…

  • January 5, 2012
    Lots of people are feeling very insecure about their jobs these days. That's true for ordained pastors as well. The…

  • January 4, 2012
    Yesterday I suggested what it might sound like for a doctor to preach a sermon from his language of doctor…

  • January 3, 2012
    We have a lot of people entering the ministry as a second career. In many ways this is good. They…

  • December 22, 2011
    Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of God. The Word of God…

  • December 21, 2011
    Back in the 60s, professor Bill Webber at Union Seminary in NY, offered his 10-10-10 plan for a vital Christian…

  • December 20, 2011
    Yesterday I shared with you some disturbing statistics about the stress of ministry. Today, I want to focus particularly on…

  • December 19, 2011
    Why we should focus on addressing clergy stress in the ministry.

  • December 15, 2011
    Technology has provided us with a means of engaging more participants in our conversation about church and in this case…