Author: Steve

  • June 22, 2010
    Over my years of ministry, I can clearly remember when someone in the congregation recognized a particularly difficult time for…

  • June 21, 2010
    One of the ways that a presbytery or governing body can help families of clergy is by helping them realize…

  • June 16, 2010
    You can do the exercise I'm suggesting by yourself, with your spouse, or with the entire family. It will be…

  • June 15, 2010
    All professions have their impact on the families of the person in that profession. You could probably name both positive…

  • June 14, 2010
    Look, up in the sky It’s a bird, It’s a plane, No, it's superclergy Faster than unfolding sexual scandals More…

  • June 11, 2010
    Once you have some images of what might be good for you and your church through the process we identified…

  • June 10, 2010
    Sometimes we can get so mired down in the daily details that we can lose perspective. Even if you are…

  • June 9, 2010
    You are conscious of the drain on your emotional resources, vacation is still a while off, but you can carve…

  • June 8, 2010
    You check your emotional pulse and realize that you have taxed your emotional reserves but the demands of ministry continue.…

  • June 7, 2010
    A clergy friend of mine recently went through one of those periods in his pastorate when he had had 5…