MINISTRY IS NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART                 Clergy are called to proclaim a Gospel that challenges many cultural…

TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…

GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…

HOW TO LISTEN The problem with our ideological splits today is that we have lost the capacity to listen to…

BEING CALLED TO THE MINISTRY I was asked recently what advice I would give about the ministry to a 20…

Ten Things I’d Like to See in a Church Think about the church that you’d like to serve. What are…

S BEING CREATIVE There is a creative way to move beyond crisis and regain your power to make choices as…

Ways Healthy Clergy are like Rubber Bands Recently studies of clergy health like the Duke Clergy Health study have emphasized…

A HORRIBLE PLANNER Was God a horrible planner and made a critical mistake in choosing a “no people to be…

HERE IS A LINK FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN MAKING A CREATIVE WITNESS https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq75QccEdNd_hJQ994Fttz88uZ49rA?e=r5NrE4 IF IT INTRIGUES…

WHAT IS TRUTH (part 2) As mentioned in the previous blog, Pilate asks in John 18:38, “What is Truth?” and…

WHAT IS TRUTH? Pilate’s question in John 18:38 is now more haunting than ever.  Merriam Webster definition:  Truth is the…

 PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT Most of the pastors in your judicatory have had at least three years of training in the…

A RADICAL IDEA FOR CLERGY Clergy have in their power the ability to have fun while improving the neighborhood. (If…

ADVANTAGES OF HOPE I know that there is plenty of stress in your ministry. Yet, like Israelites headed for the…

ANTI-RACIST CLERGY Who would want to be known as a racist clergy? Certainly not people who read this blog. I…

WHAT IS HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY In its most understandable form, spirituality is how we stay in connection and communication with God.…

SHAME ON ME Those who research such things are reporting that the percentage of Americans who are members of a…

SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY BUT DISTRUST INSTITUTIONS The polls all show that the numbers of those who want to be spiritual but…

We live in a world that wants a theology of comfort and we are inspired by a G INDIVIDUALISM We…