While it is very important for judicatory staff to find ways to support the clergy in their care and express…

Here is a brief, fun exercise that can encourage appreciation of the varied ministry in your presbytery. Build a spin…

October is an excellent opportunity for judicatory staff to encourage the pastors who are part of your charge through a…

Someone has designated October as pastor appreciation month. It got me to thinking how both giving and receiving appreciation is…

Allow Psalm 22 to gather up your prayer for a frustrating time in your ministry. Based on Psalm 22 O…

I have found allowing the psalms to guide me in preparing a prayer has taught me a lot about how…

A major faith issue that we all have to face honestly is whether we believe that the infinite God does…

When we approach Scripture from a sacramental perspective, we are making the faith assumption that God not only called us…

Recently I was leading a workshop on how clergy care for themselves. One of the suggestions was that clergy could…

Too often we decry the fractionalism of the church but neglect a simple act as a clergy that could make…

Because we are part of a profession that is generally underpaid relative to our education and skill set, and frequently…

In my forty years of ministry, I can’t remember when a member of the presbytery staff called me simply to…

When you boil it down to the core, many people live their lives feeling unappreciated and largely ignored. It is…

Sometimes people will say to me “I haven’t filled out my PIF (Personal Information Form) because I’m not sure whether…

It is important to listen to God’s call in one’s journey of faith. While it is a spiritual issue, the…

Here is another Psalm prayer that can be used at a presbytery meeting. Salem Presbytery, 2011 Psalm 63 (Adapted) L:…

I share with you a litany that I have developed in appreciation of the staff of Salem presbytery. Psalm 111…

Congregations are in a better position to show appreciation of their pastor and staff than a judicatory like a presbytery.…

How does a congregation honor the a pastor’s sense of God’s call in his or her life? This may begin…

There is an ancient tale about the cobbler’s children having no shoes while the cobbler helps everyone else repair their…