Author: Steve

  • February 19, 2016
    One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism.…

  • February 17, 2016
    An Imaginary Conversation in a Cynical Society Another seismic change has occurred in the way we experience the church. At…

  • February 12, 2016
    FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINE On Monday, February 15, the final phase of our three phase contest, AN EXPERIMENT IN MODERN PARABLES,…

  • February 10, 2016
    I CELEBRATE GOD'S GIFT On February 4 I celebrated my seventy-fifth year of life. In September I will have been ordained…

  • February 3, 2016
    Pastors Need Their Own Lenten Experience Ash Wednesday comes very early this year. February 10 seems to be arriving before…

  • January 29, 2016
    POST SABBATICAL It is not unusual for a pastor and a pastor’s family to experience what I can best describe…

  • January 27, 2016
      WELCOMING PASTOR BACK FROM SABBATICAL I thought you might like to see a sample of a litany that a…

  • January 22, 2016
    An Experiment in Sabbath Time Recently, while discussing some sabbatical plans for a pastor, I began imagining with him a…

  • January 20, 2016
      PRESBYTERY WITNESS Since we live in a secular society that has lost its appreciation for the Sabbath, and churches…

  • January 15, 2016
      LET THE PLANNING BEGIN First Find information on how to apply for a grant to help pay for your…