CONTINUE THE DEBATES If you could wave a magic wand and grant a gift to not only your church but…

Continued from September 4 Blog Then, almost as a moment of grace, there was a cackle of laughter as a…

GREET THE WORSHIPPERS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Pastor Fred Livingood pronounces the benediction. He slowly makes his way to the…

IS JESUS BEING REALISTIC? Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time…

Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations is a 9-volume series that recognizes the increasing stress involved in responding to God’s call…

Clean Swearing It’s hard to be pious as a clergy. You find yourself in so many situations when most people…

CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…

INTERIMS CAN SHAPE HEALTHY CHURCHES Churches without pastors face uncertain futures. Congregations feel like they are treading water. How do…

WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED I have found comfort in occasionally reviewing the many “what might not have happened” events…

HEALTHY VS. UNHEALTHY Test yourself and then take the risk of inviting your governing board to take the test to…

HONORING THE PAST Consider the power of the fifth commandment as an example. “Honor your father and your mother, so…

Make Laughter a Habit Laughter is about being present. When you laugh you enjoy the here and now. There are…

GO LAUGHS—WHY DON’T YOU?  Volume 3 of Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations This third volume of the Healthy Clergy Make…

Remembering the Interim Sometimes it is your final actions that most lingers in the minds of people. Sometimes an interim…

AVOIDING A PARALLEL PANDEMIC We are very aware that there is a pandemic that is sweeping the world. It is…

BUILDING CONNECTIONS AMONG THE CLERGY All General Presbyters/Presbytery Executives know the challenge. First, we live in an age of institutional…

IF YOU ARE A GOOD PASTOR, OR IF YOU KNOW ONE Have you thought about why the ministry of the…

GOSSIP IS NOT ALL BAD I know the Bible is pretty hard on gossip and most churches generally condemn it…

AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…

RECEIVE A GIFT AND GIVE A GIFT TODAY AND THE NEXT TWO DAYS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFFIRM FRIENDS AND…