Back after WWII, when there was a freeze on salaries, companies had to get creative in how they were going…

This week I want to look at what it might look like for a church to create a culture of…

In continuing to explore what judicatories can do in support of their clergy, I want to suggest an experience that…

If such faith conversations as described in yesterday’s blog take place, I think there could be some real value in…

While I think it is also true for laypeople, I would guess that few active clergy experience someone really listening…

Too often our institutions, be they a church or a judicatory, assume the spiritual life of the clergy is left…

I think the idea of structuring your freedom is so important as you begin your retirement that I want to…

Almost any one who has retired and has the health to be active will tell you that one of the…

As you begin thinking about retirement, it is important to think about your platform. That is, who are you? In…

Recently I have talked with several people who are anticipating retirement in the near future. It has caused me to…

A colleague of mine has recently written a piece for the internet service, The Immediate Word, about how we respond…

I have often been struck with how hungry we are as clergy for someone to ask us about our ministry.…

Yesterday I suggested that a Presbytery or judicatory should identify and celebrate the ministry of their pastors that extends beyond…

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, most pastors understand their call to ministry as extending beyond just the activities of…

John Wesley is quoted as saying, “The world is my parish.” Most of us, when we sense a call by…

With the release of the Shriver Report, we are again engaged in a discussion about the effect of women in…

In a recent article I co-wrote for Presbyterian Outlook, (Vol 191 No. 28, August 17, 2009), I tried to imagine…

Presbytery, or any denominational judicatory, needs to strategize about how to offer support to a pastor’s family. I’m certainly thinking…

Let me identify some theological assump[tions undergirding this idea. First I believe that the church is the Body of Christ.…

I was recently at a church service while the pastor was away. During the service they announced that during the…