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RACISM NEED NOT DEFEAT GOD’S CHURCH
November 4, 2020 | Steve
A Fresh Approach to Racism in the Church A project that needs your help Do you listen to Podcasts? As…
HONORING AN IMPERFECT CHURCH
October 30, 2020 | Steve
HONORING THE PAST COUNTERS ANXIETY THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. “Honor your father and…
A GAME LOOKING AT JUDICATORY BUDGET
October 28, 2020 | Steve
REFLECTING ON THE JUDICATORY BUDGET 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 and the judicatory budget Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 and have copies of…
HOW IS GOD CALLING YOU
October 23, 2020 | Steve
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE Regardless of where you are in your ministry, there would be value in making a…
LISTENING TO GOD’S CALL
October 21, 2020 | Steve
HOW DO WE HEAR GOD’S CALL? What if it was the wrong number? Clergy Vocational Health helps the reader explore…
HELP ME CHOOSE A GOOD INVITATION AGAINST RACISM
October 16, 2020 | Steve
I’m working on some material to support pastors and their churches respond to racism in their society. The challenge is…
SOME FUN CARING DURING THIS PANDEMIC
October 14, 2020 | Steve
HOW TO ENRICH CLERGY FRIENDS Studies confirm what clergy know. Loneliness is one of the realities of ministry. By the…
A PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINNING
October 9, 2020 | Steve
Clergy Financial Health recognizes the stress that money plays in our society. Family financesSecurityImages of success Influence among colleagues and…
HOW THE CHURCH LISTENS
October 7, 2020 | Steve
The Intention of God At the root of our faith is an assumption that God has an intention for the…
HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN’T VERIFY
October 2, 2020 | Steve
Posted on September 20, 2019 | Leave a comment THE CORE OF OUR FAITH Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase that you should…
BEGINNING TO FACE RACISM AS A CHURCH
September 30, 2020 | Steve
THE PRISON POPULATION While the exact comparison of the Black and White prison population may vary slightly, most studies agree…
HIDDEN BEHIND THE CLICHE
September 25, 2020 | Steve
Recently I was making a list of all the racial cliches that people use without realizing how it sounds to…
THE REALITY OF CLERGY DIVORCE
September 23, 2020 | Steve
CLERGY DIVORCE Along with the increasingly disturbing statistics about the decline of clergy physical health, comes the unpleasant reality that…
HOW CONGREGATIONS SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
September 18, 2020 | Steve
BUILDING ON ZOOM TECHNOLOGY While all of us yearn for a time when we can regather as congregations, there is…
DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE?
September 16, 2020 | Steve
NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvetic…
IF YOU HAD ONE GIFT TO GIVE TO THE WHOLE CHURCH
September 11, 2020 | Steve
CONTINUE THE DEBATES If you could wave a magic wand and grant a gift to not only your church but…
THE RECEPTION LINE/ Continued
September 9, 2020 | Steve
Continued from September 4 Blog Then, almost as a moment of grace, there was a cackle of laughter as a…
The Reception Line/ Church & Race-
September 4, 2020 | Steve
GREET THE WORSHIPPERS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Pastor Fred Livingood pronounces the benediction. He slowly makes his way to the…
When Jesus Consults His Advisors
August 28, 2020 | Steve
IS JESUS BEING REALISTIC? Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time…
GOD DESERVES YOU AT YOUR BEST
August 26, 2020 | Steve
Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations is a 9-volume series that recognizes the increasing stress involved in responding to God’s call…