THE MYTH THAT WON’T DIE No one who has been called by God believes that ridiculous myth that because you…

I’m completing the draft of a new novel that involves many of the characters of my first novel, A STAR…

It is important to occasionally take time to have a checkup. Of course the annual physical is important, but so…

In the last blog, I shared a check list for a pastor to use for measuring how s/he cares about…

Let me offer you a check up sheet to measure how you are doing in caring for your own physical…

PREPARATION FOR THE CONVERSATION See the previous blog for more information on how to engage your congregation in a spiritual…

A SPIRITUAL CHECKUP I want to suggest a way for you to engage your congregation in a spiritual conversation that…

Contemporary Spirituality for the Busy Professional   Purpose: To design a contemporary discipline that would enable a busy professional to…

HELPING JESUS FACE REALITY   Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The…

One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism.…

An Imaginary Conversation in a Cynical Society Another seismic change has occurred in the way we experience the church. At…

FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINE On Monday, February 15, the final phase of our three phase contest, AN EXPERIMENT IN MODERN PARABLES,…

I CELEBRATE GOD’S GIFT On February 4 I celebrated my seventy-fifth year of life. In September I will have been ordained…

Pastors Need Their Own Lenten Experience Ash Wednesday comes very early this year. February 10 seems to be arriving before…

POST SABBATICAL It is not unusual for a pastor and a pastor’s family to experience what I can best describe…

  WELCOMING PASTOR BACK FROM SABBATICAL I thought you might like to see a sample of a litany that a…

An Experiment in Sabbath Time Recently, while discussing some sabbatical plans for a pastor, I began imagining with him a…

  PRESBYTERY WITNESS Since we live in a secular society that has lost its appreciation for the Sabbath, and churches…

  LET THE PLANNING BEGIN First Find information on how to apply for a grant to help pay for your…

INTERPRETING TO THE CONGREGATION Let me begin by providing you some resources to use in interpreting the need for sabbaticals…