COMMON EXPERIENCE One of the challenges in building a group among clergy is to help them understand that there are…

A SHARED REALITY This first meeting of your exploratory company of pastors is critical. It is important to establish some…

BUILDING A COMPANY OF PASTORS  Here is the challenge. Most presbytery executives and COM chairs feel overwhelmed by the task…

SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM You are called by God to offer ministry in this real world. Regardless of your theological…

I ADMIT THAT I AM EXCITED As many of you know, this past September I published a mystery novel, A…

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with interpretation By Steve McCutchan 1.      YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME: Unless those gods…

2014 It’s 2014 and the year begins. Well, for most pastors it is a mixed bag of beginning and continuing.…

GOD SPEAKS IN THE UNEXPECTED  Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of…

EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN ADVENT JOY You’ve been through the four Sundays of Advent and all the extra events designed to…

Remembering the Interim We have been developing a series of blogs on a unique gift that the interim can offer…

PEOPLE LIKE STORIES An additional approach to helping the congregation appreciate the many dimensions of clergy life would be to…

AN EXERCISE IN PERFECTION AND IMPERFECTION How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? If…

BUILDING CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT When we consider both the challenges to and the way to sustain our health, we need to…

A STRATEGY FOR CHURCH LEADERS OK, so the leadership of a congregation understands that in preparation for the next pastor,…

EVEN CHRIST CARED FOR SELF When an interim seeks to educate the church leadership about the care of clergy, it…

MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING REVISED Here is a new way to engage in Monday morning quarterbacking as you prepare a church…

Remembering the Interim We have been developing a series of blogs on a unique gift that the interim can offer…

CALLED BY GOD AND HIRED BY A CONGREGATION Pastors sense God’s call in their lives and then choose to prepare…

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SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF CLERGY There is an ancient tale about the cobbler’s children having no shoes while the cobbler helps…