We have a lot of people entering the ministry as a second career. In many ways this is good. They…

Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of God. The Word of God…

Back in the 60s, professor Bill Webber at Union Seminary in NY, offered his 10-10-10 plan for a vital Christian…

Yesterday I shared with you some disturbing statistics about the stress of ministry. Today, I want to focus particularly on…

Why we should focus on addressing clergy stress in the ministry.

Technology has provided us with a means of engaging more participants in our conversation about church and in this case…

As presbyteries confront their new reality, it is important that they take seriously their own connectionalism. Usually when we speak…

As we face the financial challenges mentioned yesterday, we need to explore the alternatives for presbyteries as they face the…

The connectional church about which Presbyterians are so fond of talking, is going through a major transformation. Like many denominations,…

Pick out five biblical characters, at least two from the Hebrew Scriptures and do not choose Jesus but some others…

Yesterday we spoke of eschatology or viewing things from the perspective of how it will all end. I used the…

Yesterday I asked you to think about whether you thought God had a purpose for creation and whether you believed…

If, as I said yesterday, spirituality is based on the assumption that God’s Spirit is actively and purposely involved in…

Someone recently asked me for a definition of spirituality. Here is what I came up with. Spirituality is the belief…

I remember reading a book in college that suggested that the Greek civilization came up to the brink of a…

You probably noticed that in sketching out these experiences, I did not begin with the first petition, “Hallowed be thy…

For the fourth experience of living the Lord’s Prayer, I call your attention to the part of the prayer that…

For your third week of living the Lord’s Prayer, I offer you the petition, “Forgive us our debts as we…

For the second experience based on the Lord’s Prayer, I would suggest the petition “Give us this day our daily…

Today and in the week following thanksgiving, I want to suggest a series of experiences for a busy pastor based…