Author: Steve

  • August 28, 2019
    RECALLING A HISTORY OF GOD'S CALL Posted on August 1, 2018 | Leave a comment | Edit PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Because we are people…

  • August 23, 2019
    DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and applying…

  • August 21, 2019
    YOU PASTOR AN ANXIOUS CONGREGATION I WANT TO EXPLORE HOW WE PASTOR CONGREGATIONS IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY. (Eventually, this…

  • August 16, 2019
    WHEN A CHURCH SEES A VISION  I once heard Rabbi Edward Friedman advise a pastor on how to respond to…

  • August 14, 2019
    ALL ARE WOUNDED When a pastor is fired, it is the shattering of a dream that was present at the…

  • August 9, 2019
    When a Pastor is Fired (6) LITURGICAL ROOTS I think that we need to draw upon the liturgical roots of…

  • August 7, 2019
    PART 5 When a Pastor is Fired (5) CONGREGATIONS ALSO HURT One of the more difficult aspects that a COM…

  • August 2, 2019
    PART 4 JUDICATORY PREPARATION It would be helpful if the Committee on Ministry or its equivalent would do some prior…

  • July 31, 2019
    PART 3 CARE FOR PASTOR'S FAMILY A critical component that COMs should attend to when a pastor is fired is…

  • July 26, 2019
    Part two I once suggested that someone needs to create a padded, soundproof room where pastors could go from time…