- July 6, 2018I'm away for a few days, but I offer you this outline that I recently offered a writing class that…
- June 27, 2018CAN YOU SAVE THE CHURCH? As the early church discovered, you can’t do it alone and you can’t do it…
- June 22, 2018THE COST OF LISTENING Most churches would agree that they value a pastor who can listen with sensitivity to people…
- June 20, 2018DIFFERENT GIFTS BUT SAME SPIRIT As part of Presbytery’s support of our pastor’s spiritual journey, we can build on…
- June 15, 2018A Sabbath Presbytery Pause in the normal work of a presbytery meeting and ask people to spontaneously respond with a…
- June 13, 2018Think about how a human church does evangelism. UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter…
- June 8, 2018BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type…
- June 6, 2018A slightly revised version of a joke sent to me by my cousin The Presbyterian church called a meeting…
- June 1, 2018my theological rant NOT ALL TRUTHS ARE TRUTHFUL In an era of increased individualism and the ease of broadcasting hyperbole…
- May 30, 2018COMPARE MY LIST TO YOURS In a world that only listens to others make music; the church invites us to…
