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…

HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? Imagine being introduced to a large crowd of people who had the following characteristics. They believed…

BEFORE THE BEGINNING Consider what happens before the new pastor arrives at a congregation. Let me describe some of the…

MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. The set up for…

Church Conflict – You Be the Judge Despite Jesus prayer that we may be one so that the world would believe…

HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN’T VERIFY Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase that you should trust and verify. Whether…

BIBLICAL JOURNEY OF TRUST A major theme running throughout the biblical story is the theme of trust. Trust involves risk.…

I’m increasingly concerned about the effect of living in an era of cynicism and distrust. Perhaps the most important issue…

This is an excerpt from Volume 9 of Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations, Clergy Vocational Health. To be published this…

Celebrating God’s Imperfect Church I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would…

Can you save the church? As the early church discovered, you can’t do it alone and you can’t do it…

For your Lenten devotionals, I offer five formats for your time of prayer. The first one focuses on the praise…