MANNA IN THE DESERT Beginning next Wednesday, May 27, I want to offer a reflection for the Psalm appointed to…

Mashables One of the fun strategies in comedy is called mashables. You take two different subject matters and try to…

BE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO LAUGH While Dan Buttner, in his study of centenarians, doesn’t mention humor as a major factor…

WHY ARE YOU IN THE MINISTRY It’s time to ask yourself the question. Why do you do it?—long hours, low…

SMALL STEPS Let me suggest some simple steps that you can take over a series of months. It all begins…

EATING YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS  You have read the articles pointing out the rise in obesity among the clergy. You…

NOT  GOOD TO BE ALONE In his study of centenarians  across the world, Dan Buettner discovered that a common factor was…

I’m not sure whether there is any comfort in the fact that the struggles that clergy are experiencing are not…

LESSONS FROM CENTENARIANS Lessons from the oldest people in the world may teach clergy to be both happy and healthy.…

Naming your Demons Rollo May, in his book Love and Will analyzed the word demon and its relationship to daimon…

THE BODY OF CHRIST IS HURTING I will speak specifically of presbyteries, but what I say can be applied to…

Audacious Faith in a Persistent God The audacious affirmation That Christ is born, That all eternity finds expression In one…

THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING Since WW II, many denominations have tried to become organizationally efficient in the exercise…

EASTER REFLECTION When Jesus came out of the tomb, he saw Mary and said: Hey, Mary, stop me if you’ve…

YOUR PERSONAL LABYRINTH On this final Wednesday of your Lenten journey, you are invited to again journey around the sanctuary.…

IMPERFECT GRACE   How does a PRESBYTERY relate the faith to their relationship with the congregations in the presbytery? If…

CLEANSING OF THE SOUL   This time as you enter the sanctuary, choose a place near the front where you…

READING CHURCH IN SCRIPTURE   In a previous post on March 13, I explored the idea of reading the church…

THE SANCTUARY AS LABYRINTH This time begin your experience by slowly walking around the sanctuary several times stopping to reflect…

OUR WITNESS We seem to experience continual examples of church fights, splits, and splintering of the Body of Christ in…