- May 1, 2015NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE In his study of centenarians across the world, Dan Buettner discovered that a common factor was…
- April 29, 2015I’m not sure whether there is any comfort in the fact that the struggles that clergy are experiencing are not…
- October 3, 2014BEYOND JUST PUTTING OUT FIRES I have invited Alan Baroody to share some suggestions that the Committee on Ministry or…
- October 1, 2014SIGNS TO NOTICE Below are listed several possible negative SIGNS in the life of clergy. Think about clergy you know…
- August 25, 2014BEING DRAWN INTO ANXIETY A challenge for any pastor in this anxious age is to not absorb the anxiety of…
- August 22, 2014I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…
- August 20, 2014(CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE' BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING FROM…
- August 11, 2014CLERGY DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…
- August 8, 2014(Thoughts derived from reflecting on 2 TED talks by Brene' Brown www.ted.com/talks/brene'_brown) as applied to churches .) This is the…
- August 6, 2014THE SHAME OF IT ALL (A continuation of reflections on Brene' Brown's TED talks on Vulnerability and Shame.) Brown suggests…
