During this quarter in which you are focusing on the emotional stress of ministry, you might choose to communicate with…

After the presbytery meeting where you have raised the issue of the emotional drain in the ministry, your communication with…

In preparation for the next presbytery meeting, you need to prepare a graph for all the commissioners. The graph looks…

During this first quarter, the COM should also have some communication with the pastor of the participating congregation about caring…

Once you have raised the awareness of the challenge of ministry and its demands through a presbytery event, then you…

Most congregations don’t deliberately set out to be unsupportive of a pastor. When it is raised to their consciousness, they…

HEALTHY CLERGY MAKE HEALTHY CONGREGATIONS. That is the message I would like see infuse our congregations across our denomination. It…

At the end of WWII, congregations joined with the changing culture of society to institutionalize and professionalize ministry. Our denominations…

Yesterday I shared the ideas from Laurence Schmidt newsletter that emphasized the value of some simple breathing exercises. In that…

The following is taken from the excellent newsletter put out by the Laurence Schmidt Center www.veralloyd.org which is worth subscribing…

I’ve been out a few days recovering from a small operation and this week will be erratic at best. However,…

Consider what it might mean if the following assumptions are true. God is real. God does care about what is…

As I was beginning to type this, my laptop ran out of power and shut down. Fortunately my computer is…

We often speak of God’s call as a reference to an individual. Would their be value in discussing what God’s…

Too often we don’t take the time to share our appreciation of each other in the family. We all need…

We all know that we should spend more time with our families. We may feel guilty that the demands of…

Taken from the ECLA Board of Pensions’ website which has excellent suggestions in a variety of ways to nurture your…

At the same retreat that I mentioned on Friday, I also led a session on how to guide a congregation…

I recently led a Community on Ministry retreat on the care of clergy. During that time I led the following…

When a pastor is speaking hard truths to a congregation, s/he needs to recognize several things. First, there is a…