Category: Clergy

  • June 25, 2009
    Anyone who thinks about it recognizes that church professions place pastors and educators (P/E) under a lot of emotional stress.…

  • June 24, 2009
    The third part of our grid on the physical health of pastors and educators involves the presbytery's responsibilities. While it…

  • June 23, 2009
    If you look at the grid shared on Friday, June 19 for care of pastors and educators (P/E), you will…

  • June 22, 2009
    The recent report on the increased obesity of clergy in our nation reminds us that we need to be intentional…

  • June 19, 2009
    I have composed a grid of care for pastors and educators. It consists of six dimensions and three levels. Care…

  • June 18, 2009
    As I have done workshops around how congregations and presbyteries can care for pastors, I have emphasized the need to…

  • June 17, 2009
    At some point in your life, you sense God's call in your life. It can be a dawning awareness or…

  • June 5, 2009
    It is interesting how easily we avoid having spiritual conversations with our ordained colleagues. In attending to your own spirit,…

  • June 3, 2009
    A good place to begin with the issue of the care of the pastor is to enlarge the conversation. It…

  • June 3, 2009
    John Bright in his History of Israel made the comment that one of the beliefs that helped the Jews survive…