SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY BUT DISTRUST INSTITUTIONS The polls all show that the numbers of those who want to be spiritual but…

A THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK No one wants to appear like a wimp. If a clergy person starts talking about how people…

AN INTERIM’S VALUABLE ROLE In recent years, the role of interim pastor has become almost a norm for vacant churches.…

God’s Been There Done That God, I can’t afford to give up the security of my profession to answer your…

A VARIETY OF IMAGES FOR GOD There are a variety of images for God in the Bible and in the…

PLAYING WITH SCRIPTURE: Keep a list of Scriptures that if people took them literally it would transform their lives. Leave…

HUMOR SHOULD BIND AND NOT DIVIDE Humor can be an effective tool to transcend differences and remind people of their…

A FUN EXPERIMENT WITH COLLEAGUES Try this experiment. Choose a couple of colleagues and invite them to participate in an…

  I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED In other parts of  my forthcoming book, I will share how humor can…

ONE OF GOD’S GIFTS Like other gifts of God such as love, wealth, power, desire, and respect, there is power…

WHERE DO YOU PLACE YOURSELF? Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside the…

Consider the various signs of the blurring of national lines: Commercially: Corporations not only quickly move their operations to wherever…

 THE BIRTH OF DENOMINATIONS Where are denominations headed? What will they look like in the future? As I understand it,…

GOD’S GIFT OF HUMOR Not all humor is healthy humor. Humor, like many of the gifts of God, can be…

THE PRESSURE OF CALL IN MARRIAGE It is not unusual for a pastor to sense God’s call after s/he is…

By September I plan to have available on Amazon three small books in a series Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations.…

A HEALTHY FUTURE Retiring well allows the fruits of our previous labors to continue to bear fruit but sets us…

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP It doesn’t stop, does it? When you were little, people…

OFFERING OUR GIFTS Now comes the hard part. Over the years we have prayed, “Forgive us our debts (or trespasses)…

DON’T BE IN A HURRY If you read my last blog and followed through on the recommendation, you have begun…