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…

MISTAKES WERE MADE When a pastor comes to the time for retirement, many make the error of believing that they…

I’m working on a new book that will be titled God Laughs–Why Don’t You? Exploring the use of humor to…

WHERE WILL YOU LIVE? While choosing where you will live is always an option for people when they retire, there…

SAYING A GOOD GOODBYE  We continue to think about how a well loved pastor should prepare the congregation for the…

HEALTHY PASTORATES FEEL GOOD If you have had a good experience as pastor of a church over several years, then…

THE AWEFUL CALL It is awful to be called by God in the original sense of the word.  Consider the…

SEXUAL SCANDAL PLAGUES THE CHURCH It happened again. A descent pastor with multiple gifts destroys his promising ministry by having…

I’m developing a series called “Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations.” (HCMHC). All of it is in preparation for the fall…

OK, SO YOU HAVE RETIRED I retired in June of 2006. The first thing I wanted to do was find…

I’VE RUN THE RACE A few years before I retired, the Presbyterian Church debated whether Honorably Retired should be the…

This is a litany making use of Psalm 111. Draw upon what you have heard about the gifts and contributions…