Author: Steve

  • March 26, 2021
    A FUN EXPERIMENT WITH COLLEAGUES Try this experiment. Choose a couple of colleagues and invite them to participate in an…

  • March 24, 2021
    LAUGHTER IS STRONG MEDICINE FOR CLERGY Go ahead, take the risk and find some opportunities for a good belly laugh.…

  • March 19, 2021
    Anti-Racist Clergy Who would want to be known as a racist clergy? Certainly not people who read this blog. I…

  • March 17, 2021
    THE CENTER OF THE BIBLE What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?                 Answer Psalm 117 What is the…

  • March 12, 2021
    RECALLING THE ESSENTIALS When things are going well and there is a general atmosphere of optimism, we can grow slack…

  • March 10, 2021
    HOW TO PASTOR IN AN ANXIOUS CONGREGATION (I am drawing upon Brene' Brown's work on vulnerability and applying it to…

  • March 5, 2021
    IMAGE OF HEALTHY CHURCH Healthy churches believe that they are made worthy, not by what they do but by God's…

  • March 3, 2021
    IMAGE OF AN UNHEALTHY CHURCH We live in an anxious age, and the church is tempted to reflect that anxiety…

  • February 26, 2021
    DOES GOD MAKE MISTAKES Was God a horrible planner and made a critical mistake in choosing a “no people to…

  • February 24, 2021
    ISN'T THIS WHAT WE ALL WANT A HEADLINE SHOUTS FROM A NEWSPAPER A DOZEN CHURCHES CHOOSE TO MOVE BEYOND RACIAL…