C CLERGY FAMILIES While we may read with horror the story of Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac, most pastors know…

PSALM 57 ADAPTED Prayer for our churches Be merciful to our congregations, O God, be merciful to each of our…

Here is one way to offer your congregation an opportunity to grow in their faith as a church and as…

A NEW GUIDE FOR JUDICATORIES This booklet offers a specific plan for how religious judicatories can nurture and support healthy…

“The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are…

HOW ONE CHURCH LOVES A NEIGHBOR CHURCH This is a follow up on a previous blog about loving your neighbor-church.…

MAKE USE OF TECHNOLOGY Here is one way to offer your congregation an opportunity to grow in their faith as…

CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD MEAN I’ve just returned from a trip that included about 2,000 miles driving my new Subaru…

It is a good spiritual investment to learn how to laugh at yourself, life’s situations, and our own journey with…

YOU CAN SUPPORT CLERGY BY SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES

We all have emotions. The question is whether we engage them in a healthy manner or not.

I will be traveling for the next month. When I return I will complete the final two books in the…

This is an excerpt from my soon to be published Clergy Vocational Health. It is the final volume of a…

There has been a lot of talk about the need for creative leadership in the church. Recognizing that in the…

You Can Help Nurture Church Health I have completed a two-year design that can guide a judicatory over eight experiences…

Posted on February 11, 2015 | Leave a comment A TIME TO LISTEN At least every couple of years, and in times of…

The Biggest Lie If you were to suggest the biggest lie that churches tell, what would it be? Knowing what…

If we take the priesthood of all believers seriously, then evaluation of ministry should include the whole congregation. While the…

From the beginning, humans have created organizations and institutions to help them manage their interests and desires. We have banks…

B Jesus declared that the greatest commandment was to Love God with your whole heart and soul and that the…