Author: Steve

  • June 3, 2016
    COURTSHIP A clergy and church meet and are mutually attracted. They court, learn about each other, and explore a possible…

  • June 2, 2016
      An Experiment in Modern Parables The winners of the three-phase writing contest are now available in a freshly published…

  • June 1, 2016
    THE NOBILITY OF GOD’S CALL Now look at God’s call from God’s perspective. Again, I’m going to ask you to…

  • May 27, 2016
    MAYBE IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER Some days you wonder, don’t you? Was I called to ministry or was it…

  • May 25, 2016
    HEARING GOD'S CALL It is quite normal for clergy and educators to have moments of discouragement that lead them to…

  • May 20, 2016
    UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter and the other disciples but they do not…

  • May 18, 2016
    BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type of…

  • May 13, 2016
    I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would have made one disastrous…

  • May 11, 2016
    A FRESH PERSPECTIVE The same problem looks different depending on the angle from which you view it. For example, a…

  • May 6, 2016
    IDEAS VERSUS RELATIONSHIPS One of the hesitancies about speaking to people outside the church about faith is that we fear…