- October 24, 2018YOU HAVE A GIFT TO GIVE Too often we are concerned about the health of the church but wait for…
- October 19, 2018The Biggest Lie If you were to suggest the biggest lie that churches tell, what would it be? Knowing what…
- October 17, 2018THIS IS OUR JUDICATORY Take a presbytery directory that includes ordained pastors, commissioned ruling elders( or their equivalent in your…
- October 12, 2018CONTINUING TO REFLECT ON THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS. One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat…
- October 10, 2018i posted this in 2006 but some of the same questions are part of our current context. Posted on September 16,…
- October 5, 2018I'm in New York City this week at Union Theological Seminary. I have returned to celebrate with my classmates the…
- October 3, 2018OWNING YOUR GRIEF AS A PASTOR As you stand before your congregation on a Sunday morning, how frequently do you…
- September 28, 2018YOU ARE NOT IN THIS ALONE Because we are the spiritual leaders of a faith that emphasizes relationships above all…
- September 26, 2018A SLIGHTLY SATIRICAL PARABLE She walked into the bar where she saw Carl, her daughter’s boyfriend, drinking with his buddies.…
- September 21, 2018GOD'S CALL YOUR CARE If you are clergy, be a good steward of the body God gave you. If you…
