Real leaders nurture and support other leaders. If the type of leadership that our churches need in this chaotic time…

What are the questions that the lay leadership should be exploring with the people they have called to be spiritual…

For those who participate in congregations that are part of some sort of connectional systems, we need to look at…

How can a congregation, its leadership, and its pastors support some innovative leadership even as it seeks good management? I…

How can a congregation support their pastor in being a leader? You’ve heard the usual introduction of a pastoral search…

I think it was in an article by Gil Rendle of the Alban Institute that I first saw the difference…

It is clear from all the research that the church is facing some major challenges. Our cultural anti-institutional bias militates…

One of the most powerful gifts that a congregation can experience is the power of genuine hospitality. The modern church…

Some churches and individual Christians are very good at quoting Scripture in support of their positions. Many mainstream congregations are…

How does a congregation support good preaching? Assume from yesterday that the congregation is aware that it is part of…

In trying to reflect on what makes the call to ministry satisfying despite the long hours and low salary, I…

Not all churches can pay excellent salaries. Considering the spiritual starvation of the world, one can not expect to have…

To move from humor to vocational suicide may seem a radical shift, but I don’t think so. In response to…

“He who sits in the heavens laughs.” Psalm 2:4a. There is very little reference to laughter in the Scriptures. The…

This is a summary of what I saw on a video to give you some sense of what this is…

Here is some more information about the Laughter Clubs I mentioned yesterday. You can also pursue the subject by going…

I just found a wonderful website that reflects the Lutheran’s (The ECLA variety)commitment to wholeness for their clergy. You can…

It is interesting to look at the macro perspective of church history. About fifteen years ago it suddenly occurred to…

I recently read a 2006 article by Gil Rendle on Leadership Under Constraints. In it he defined the difference between…

I just found a webpage that is focused on physical health and offers a set of 60 second Aerobics that…