Author: Steve

  • September 18, 2020
    BUILDING ON ZOOM TECHNOLOGY While all of us yearn for a time when we can regather as congregations, there is…

  • September 16, 2020
    NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvetic…

  • September 11, 2020
    CONTINUE THE DEBATES If you could wave a magic wand and grant a gift to not only your church but…

  • September 9, 2020
    Continued from September 4 Blog Then, almost as a moment of grace, there was a cackle of laughter as a…

  • September 4, 2020
    GREET THE WORSHIPPERS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Pastor Fred Livingood pronounces the benediction. He slowly makes his way to the…

  • August 28, 2020
    IS JESUS BEING REALISTIC? Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time…

  • August 26, 2020
    Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations is a 9-volume series that recognizes the increasing stress involved in responding to God’s call…

  • August 21, 2020
    Clean Swearing It’s hard to be pious as a clergy. You find yourself in so many situations when most people…

  • August 19, 2020
    CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…

  • August 14, 2020
    INTERIMS CAN SHAPE HEALTHY CHURCHES Churches without pastors face uncertain futures. Congregations feel like they are treading water. How do…