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- March 18, 2016
I'm completing the draft of a new novel that involves many of the characters of my first novel, A STAR…
- March 16, 2016
It is important to occasionally take time to have a checkup. Of course the annual physical is important, but so…
, - March 11, 2016
In the last blog, I shared a check list for a pastor to use for measuring how s/he cares about…
, - March 9, 2016
Let me offer you a check up sheet to measure how you are doing in caring for your own physical…
- March 4, 2016
PREPARATION FOR THE CONVERSATION See the previous blog for more information on how to engage your congregation in a spiritual…
- March 2, 2016
A SPIRITUAL CHECKUP I want to suggest a way for you to engage your congregation in a spiritual conversation that…
- February 26, 2016
Contemporary Spirituality for the Busy Professional Purpose: To design a contemporary discipline that would enable a busy professional to…
, - February 24, 2016
HELPING JESUS FACE REALITY Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The…
, - 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…
HELP CLERGY LAUGH
June 19, 2019
It is a good spiritual investment to learn how to laugh at yourself, life’s situations, and our own journey with…
A Gift for Clergy You Care About
June 5, 2019
We all have emotions. The question is whether we engage them in a healthy manner or not.
HEALTHY CLERGY SERIES NEARING COMPLETION
May 29, 2019
I will be traveling for the next month. When I return I will complete the final two books in the…
Family Health and the Pastor
May 22, 2019
This is an excerpt from my soon to be published Clergy Vocational Health. It is the final volume of a…
Nurturing Creative Leadership
May 17, 2019
There has been a lot of talk about the need for creative leadership in the church. Recognizing that in the…
FREE–If You’ll Pay the Price
May 15, 2019
You Can Help Nurture Church Health I have completed a two-year design that can guide a judicatory over eight experiences…
The Vocation of a Church Bureaucrat
May 10, 2019
Posted on February 11, 2015 | Leave a comment A TIME TO LISTEN At least every couple of years, and in times of…
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE
May 8, 2019
The Biggest Lie If you were to suggest the biggest lie that churches tell, what would it be? Knowing what…
EVALUATING A CONGREGATION’S MINISTRY
May 3, 2019
If we take the priesthood of all believers seriously, then evaluation of ministry should include the whole congregation. While the…