WHEN A CHURCH SEES A VISION  I once heard Rabbi Edward Friedman advise a pastor on how to respond to…

ALL ARE WOUNDED When a pastor is fired, it is the shattering of a dream that was present at the…

When a Pastor is Fired (6) LITURGICAL ROOTS I think that we need to draw upon the liturgical roots of…

PART 5 When a Pastor is Fired (5) CONGREGATIONS ALSO HURT One of the more difficult aspects that a COM…

PART 4 JUDICATORY PREPARATION It would be helpful if the Committee on Ministry or its equivalent would do some prior…

PART 3 CARE FOR PASTOR’S FAMILY A critical component that COMs should attend to when a pastor is fired is…

Part two I once suggested that someone needs to create a padded, soundproof room where pastors could go from time…

When Pastors Get Fired (1) Recently I have talked to a couple of pastors who experienced the termination of their…

Hosea 1:2-10 Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have childrenof whoredom, for the land commits great whoredomby…

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.