I have just completed offering a Webinar, in conjunction with The Presbyterian Outlook called “Teaming With your Clergy.” I’ve watched…

I have been asked to speak at a banquet for a local church who is planning to build a new…

While I was at the Compassion fatigue conference put on by PPCN, I picked up a little brochure put out…

I am pleased to announce that I have just released my creative non-fiction book on a twenty-year journey in joining…

One of the best things that you can do for yourself as you begin a new pastorate is to find…

When you read this, I will be participating in the Presbytery Pastoral Care Network’s annual conference. This year the focus…

If you were to describe the image that you hope your congregation will have of you and your ministry after…

When a pastor arrives at a congregation and begins to exercise ministry, it is a little like moving from dating…

A critical issue for any pastor, but perhaps especially as s/he begins a new call, is remembering and staying in…

Consider what it means for both the pastor and the congregation to build on the assumption that both the pastor…

It would be helpful for a new pastor to speak to the very anxiety that exists with his or her…

There is a palpable excitement to arriving at a new congregation both on the part of the congregation and the…

No matter how many times you have done it before, when you come to a new congregation, it is a…

The first truth for me about my death is that I firmly believe that God, not death, does have and…

In my last blog, I spoke about living life in the realistic awareness that I will die within the next…

As part of my spiritual discipline of reading Scripture in this new phase of my life, I want to read…

In this retirement phase that I am seeking to explore, I look forward to a whole new way of reading…

I’ve begun to think about the difference between my spiritual practices during my active pastorate and now in this retirement…

One of the most unexpected consequences of my retirement was in the area of spiritual discipline. I happened to be…

Retirement also affects your family relationships. If you have been a seventy hour a week pastor, it is an adjustment…