Category: Clergy

  • January 9, 2009
    Marie never asked the question, my children were happier, and not long after that I received a call to another…
  • January 8, 2009
    It makes you feel less like a man when you can’t provide for your family. Marie would agree that neither…
  • January 7, 2009
    At first your spouse is supportive but she can easily tire of shouldering most of the responsibility for the home…
  • January 6, 2009
    “Want some grapes, Eve?” “No, I think I want a big luscious tomato, smothered in onions, and spiced with some…
  • January 5, 2009
    I want to explore several aspects of being a pastor, both the good and the bad of it. My hope…
  • July 18, 2008
    It was interesting to watch the recent General Assembly respond to the politics of fear. I was recently talking to…
  • July 15, 2008
    When the original Peace, Unity, and Purity report of the PC(USA) came out in 2006, the emphasis was on pushing…
  • July 11, 2008
    If we are willing to say that God can call whomever God chooses and our task is to affirm God's…
  • July 10, 2008
    The first issue that any Christian body has to resolve with respect to the ordination of either gay or straight,…
  • February 1, 2008
    In recent years there has been an increasing attention paid to the issue of clergy self-care. I've written a lot…