Author: Steve

  • January 13, 2016
    INTERPRETING TO THE CONGREGATION Let me begin by providing you some resources to use in interpreting the need for sabbaticals…

  • January 8, 2016
    NINE TIPS FOR YOUR EXPERIMENT IN MODERN PARABLES.   Let me suggest some easy steps to releasing the short story…

  • January 6, 2016
     (TWELVE WAYS YOU CAN BE A WINNER!!!!) WHAT IF you actually wrote a short story and submitted it to the…

  • December 23, 2015
    THIS WEEK WILL DRAIN YOU OF ENERGY AND HOPEFULLY FILL YOU WITH SATISFACTION. DRINK IN THE POSITIVE SET ALL NEGATIVE…

  • December 18, 2015
    PRACTICE THINKING LIKE JESUS Jesus wrote parables that confronted major issues in the society. You can too. The third phase…

  • December 16, 2015
    THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM  Let me suggest an evening conversation for a pastoral couple that can be both fun…

  • December 11, 2015
    DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING In the past two blogs, I've offered a creative way to engage complaints both among clergy and with…

  • December 9, 2015
    LEARNING TO PLAY What if you could engage the members of your congregation in thinking creatively about the complaints that…

  • December 4, 2015
    NAMING THE COMPLAINTS Have you heard a lot of complaints, lately? Whether you are a part of a presbytery staff…

  • December 2, 2015
    ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Do you believe God is real, personal, and involved in this universe? Do you believe that the…