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- May 13, 2020
TAKE TIME TO BREATHE Are you having trouble breathing lately? What about clergy friends and churches you care about? I’m…
, - May 8, 2020
SEVEN WORD REFLECTION I want to invite you to engage in a fun but brief exercise that can not only…
- May 6, 2020
Psalm 23 Adapted I would offer a slight adaption of the 23rd Psalm as a framework for expressing our wonder at…
- May 1, 2020
Excited to announce that TOMORROW the latest in my Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations will be released on Amazon. Kindle:…
- April 29, 2020
MY HOPE FOR A CHURCH In trying to reflect on what makes the call to ministry satisfying despite the long…
- April 24, 2020
THE NEW NORMAL Now we are entering the debate as to when we can return to how life used to…
- April 22, 2020
Ways Healthy Clergy are like Rubber Bands Recently studies of clergy health like the Duke Clergy Health study have emphasized…
- April 17, 2020
LEARNING HOW TO BE TOGETHER ALONE In my last post, I suggested that to provide spiritual leadership in this time…
- April 15, 2020
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.…
- April 10, 2020
If you can’t “JUST DO IT,” FAKE IT OK, be honest, as you are waiting in line at the grocery…
- April 8, 2020
BLUES BE GONE COUNTER-ATTACKING THE BLUES In our current crisis, it is very easy for us to feel anxious, uneasy,…
- April 4, 2020
HALF-HOUR BREAKS In this time of stress, we need to develop a list of ½ hour interruptions that we can…
- April 3, 2020
STAYING AT HOME CAN BE A CHURCH BUILDING OPPORTUNITY During this time when you congregation and friends are staying in…
- April 1, 2020
LIVING IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY If you believe God can confront chaos and begin to bring order by speaking…
, - March 27, 2020
Make Laughter a Habit Laughter is about being present. When you laugh you enjoy the here and now. There are…
- March 25, 2020
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WITH INTERPRETATION By Steve McCutchen YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME: Unless those gods pay…
MAYBE JESUS KNEW SOMETHING
December 22, 2021
BEING CREATIVE WITH CRISIS There is a creative way to move beyond crisis and regain your power to make choices…
The Church’s Gift to Clergy
December 17, 2021
I was asked recently what advice I would give about the ministry to a 20 year old version of myself.…
The Truth About the Church
December 10, 2021
LOSS OF TRUST THAT BINDS US Consider what is happening in our society. In recent years, almost every major institution…
Starting a Dialogue Among Clergy
December 8, 2021
Making Peace in a Racist Society Get together with two or three other pastors and let forced writing in a…
Helping a Church Listen to God
December 3, 2021
Listening to God’s Spirit in a Congregation There are some theological assumptions undergirding this idea. First that the church is…
A POST FOR WHITE PEOPLE
November 26, 2021
A Guide for a personal Moral Inventory In our struggle to address racism, there are some parallels with the first…
WHERE WILL YOU BE IN TWO YEARS?
November 19, 2021
YOU CAN DRIFT OR PLAN Because of the constant demand on our time, it is easy to fall into the…
MAYBE GOD JUST DOESN’T LISTEN
November 17, 2021
YOU HEAR THE CALL OF GOD How shall you respond? God, I can’t afford to give up the security of…
“BLIND FAITH: WHY THE CHURCH IS SCARED TO DEAL WITH RACISM”
November 12, 2021
THE PROMISED LAND (AKA—KINGDOM COME) A vision that inspires and builds courage For Israel in the wilderness it was…