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IS GOD CRAZY OR WHAT?
January 2, 2015 | Steve
IS GOD CRAZY OR WHAT God called me to ministry. God called me to gather a group of narcissists and…
NEW YEAR’S EVE GIFT
December 31, 2014 | Steve
GOD’S CALL bY sTEVE MCCUTCHAN I’m not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit…
CONNECTING PASTORS OF THE ONE BODY
December 22, 2014 | Steve
BUILDING CONNECTIONS AMONG THE CLERGY All General Presbyters/Presbytery Executives know the challenge. First, we live in an age of institutional…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES AGAINST DIVISIONS (6)
December 19, 2014 | Steve
PROACTIVE PRESBYTERIANS ACT If you have decided to be a proactive presbytery in addressing prophetically the threat of division within…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES AGAINST DIVISIONS (5)
December 17, 2014 | Steve
NAMING THE TENSIONS Since we cannot exist without leaving an impression on the community around us, we need to be…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES AGAINST DIVISIONS (4)
December 12, 2014 | Steve
INTRODUCTIONS Begin by introducing the leadership from presbytery. Explain that you will have all present to introduce themselves in a…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES AGAINST DIVISIONS (3)
December 10, 2014 | Steve
A PERSONAL INVITATION The invitations to these meetings need to be specific and personal. If possible, it should be either…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES (2)
December 5, 2014 | Steve
THREE BEGINNING STEPS I think there are three initial steps that you need to think about. STEP ONE Does the…
PROACTIVE PROPHYLACTIC FOR PRESBYTERIES (1)
December 3, 2014 | Steve
REFLECTING THE WORST IN SOCIETY OK, if you have been reading the lead up to this series of blogs, you…
PPPAD??? — Begins in Advent
November 26, 2014 | Steve
Beginning next week in Advent, I want to explore how Presbyteries can be proactive in building communities among churches in…
Presbyteries Overcoming Fractures
November 24, 2014 | Steve
A POWERFUL WITNESS Can you think of any more important challenge that a presbytery has than working to prevent the…
VIRTUES I WOULD LIKE TO CULTIVATE
November 21, 2014 | Steve
MOVING FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS TO VIRTUES As I mentioned in my last blog, I know that I cannot control the…
IMPRESSIONS YOU’D LIKE NOT TO LEAVE
November 19, 2014 | Steve
we all leave impressions There is no way that we can live in this world without leaving impressions with people…
Making a List and Checking It Twice
November 14, 2014 | Steve
Think Before You Act OK, this is not a Christmas blog, but it is about making a list. Recently I…
A PASTOR’S PRE-ADVENT PREPARATION
November 12, 2014 | Steve
Be Intentional Advent is supposed to be a time of preparation and expectation for Christians. For a pastor, it is…
TEN EXCUSES FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH (Dave Letterman style)
November 7, 2014 | Steve
Top Ten Reasons Not to Go to Church 10. Once when I was sick the church didn’t visit me, so…
A Clergy Spouse’s View
November 5, 2014 | Steve
Perspective of Pastor’s Wife Recently I mentioned to, Nancy Johnson, the spouse of a clergy friend that I was blogging…
Ten Things I’d Like to See in a Church
October 31, 2014 | Steve
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT Think about the church that you’d like to serve. What are ten things that you’d like…
WHO IS WAGGING YOUR TALE
October 29, 2014 | Steve
CLERGY TALES–TAILS: WHO WAGS THE DOG Ministers are strong and weak, faithful and faithless, as are the members of…
A LAUGH A DAY KEEPS THE DEMONS AWAY
October 24, 2014 | Steve
God Laughs—Why Don’t You Ministry is not easy. The strongest and most compassionate clergy continually drink in the pain and…