DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and applying…

I’m not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit is gone The elders are boss…

CLERGY DON’T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…

(Thoughts derived from reflecting on 2 TED talks by Brene’ Brown www.ted.com/talks/brene’_brown) as applied to churches .) This is the…

THE SHAME OF IT ALL (A continuation of reflections on Brene’ Brown’s TED talks on Vulnerability and Shame.) Brown suggests…

CAN OTHER CLERGY BE MY FRIEND? In my work on the issue of loneliness and isolation among clergy, I have…

CONSIDER WHAT WAS ON GOD’S MIND   God said: “I’ll create humans with free will.” Satan sneered: “I’ll defeat you…

These reflections on the church and clergy are drawn from my new book, A Company of Pastors, that will be…

1 CORINTHIANS 13 FOR CLERGY AND CONGREGATIONS (May be prayed in unison or in alternating parts.) If clergy speak in…

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…