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LITANY OF CONFESSION AND PRAISE
March 9, 2022 | Steve
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING lITANY TO BE USED AT A CHURCH GATHERING L: When a congregation refuses to forgive each other…
LOVE ADVICE FOR CHURCH RELATIONSHIPS
March 4, 2022 | Steve
DEAR ABBY Recently I found myself reading a Dear Abby advice column and began to wonder how this might be…
A GUILT FREE DAY AT THE CHURCH
March 2, 2022 | Steve
RACISM AND THE CHURCH I think one of the paralyzing features of modern Christianity addressing racism is their inability to…
IMPERFECT CHURCHES AND CLERGY HAVE A CALLING
February 25, 2022 | Steve
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED One of the continuing stresses of being a pastor is to watch a member choose to…
CONFESSING HYPOCRISY AND DISCOVERING GRACE
February 23, 2022 | Steve
BEING A HYPOCRITE Have you considered the importance of a hypocritic oath for pastors. Its important to recognize the hypocrisies…
ENGAGING THE WHOLE MEMBERSHIP
February 18, 2022 | Steve
We continue the guide for anti-racism ministry in the local church. In the previous blog, I spoke of how to…
A PLAN FOR A PASTOR
February 16, 2022 | Steve
IDENTIFYING AND INVITING SOME CLERGY COLLEAGUES: FIRST STEP FOR A PASTOR OF A CHURCH Identify five or six other clergy…
THE PROBLEM WITH PERFECT CHURCHES
February 11, 2022 | Steve
When churches set out to be perfect, they encounter similar problems to those faced by humans who try to be…
DID JESUS ASK WHO WAS COMING TO DINNER?
February 9, 2022 | Steve
THE POWER OF FOOD TO DIVIDE Who is it that you would rather not share a meal with? No, think…
MY GIFT TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 2, 2022 | Steve
THE PROBLEM WE FACE AS CLERGY I have spent over 50 years as an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church…
Black History and White Privilege
January 28, 2022 | Steve
RESPONDING TO WHITE PRIVILEGE When Whites hear the term White Privilege, they usually have one of two reactions. 1. They…
WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH
January 26, 2022 | Steve
WE HAVE WORK TO DO February is Black History Month. In addition to the emphasis in our school system and…
LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF LOCKDOWN
January 21, 2022 | Steve
SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP It appears that we may be moving as a society into a period of both limited lockdowns as…
EXPERIENCE OF THANKSGVING
January 19, 2022 | Steve
THANKSGIVING FOR THE FUTURE In Psalm 138, we reflect on the power of thanksgiving as it reminds us of God’s faithfulness…
ANTI-RACISM LITURGY (continued)
January 19, 2022 | Steve
We continue from last Friday’s blog to examine the frame of our worship services CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS The very contrast…
ANTI-RACISM LITURGY
January 14, 2022 | Steve
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
The Corps of All Faith
January 12, 2022 | Steve
AT THE CORE OF HUMANITY The essential core to all of life is relationships. When God said in Genesis 2:18…
HOW TO BEGIN: RACISM AND YOUR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
January 7, 2022 | Steve
IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS’S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
HOW TO BEGIN: RACISM AND YOUR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
January 5, 2022 | Steve
IT BEGINS WITH THE MEMBERS’S FAITH No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the…
MY BEST RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
December 31, 2021 | Steve
AT THE CORE OF HUMANITY The essential core to all of life is relationships. When God said in Genesis 2:18…