“How Do I love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways.” The Psalmist was quick to express love for God through…

I’ve been thinking about the psalms and how they frequently they expressed their love for God by remembering how God…

Continuing our look at various forms of humor to keep us healthy. There are times it helps to consider that…

Let me suggest several ways in which humor can be part of our souls journey. First, we can help ourselves…

If there is a time to weep on our journey, there is also a time to laugh. Psalm 126 expresses…

The Psalms are our school of prayer. As Calvin has suggested, they are an anatomy of the human soul. There…

I will get to the joy end of the continuum in time, but let me stay with the lament part…

I have been working on a seminar for some chaplains on care for their soul. The theme is based on…

I will be on the road the rest of the week attending the Presbytery Pastoral Care Network conference in Indianapolis…

When a pastor is fired, it is the shattering of a dream that was present at the calling. In some…

I think that we need to draw upon the liturgical roots of our faith when we are responding to the…

One of the more difficult aspects that a COM needs to pay attention to when a pastor is fired is…

It would be helpful if the Committee on Ministry or its equivalent would do some prior work before they have…

A critical component that COMs should attend to when a pastor is fired, is the family of that pastor. The…

I once suggested that someone needs to create a padded, soundproof room where pastors could go from time to time…

Recently I have talked to a couple of pastors who experienced the termination of their position and have read several…

Take a sheet of paper and quickly jot down several major turning points in your life and your ministry. Don’t…

Consider how some central doctrines of the Christian faith provide handles on how to respond to certain challenges of life.…

Doctrines are attempts to articulate central tenets of the faith. Our faith becomes the framework through which we interpret and…

“We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine . .…