Category: Clergy

  • September 30, 2020
    THE PRISON POPULATION While the exact comparison of the Black and White prison population may vary slightly, most studies agree…

  • September 23, 2020
    CLERGY DIVORCE Along with the increasingly disturbing statistics about the decline of clergy physical health, comes the unpleasant reality that…

  • September 18, 2020
    BUILDING ON ZOOM TECHNOLOGY While all of us yearn for a time when we can regather as congregations, there is…

  • September 16, 2020
    NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvetic…

  • September 11, 2020
    CONTINUE THE DEBATES If you could wave a magic wand and grant a gift to not only your church but…

  • September 4, 2020
    GREET THE WORSHIPPERS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Pastor Fred Livingood pronounces the benediction. He slowly makes his way to the…

  • August 28, 2020
    IS JESUS BEING REALISTIC? Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time…

  • August 26, 2020
    Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations is a 9-volume series that recognizes the increasing stress involved in responding to God’s call…

  • August 14, 2020
    INTERIMS CAN SHAPE HEALTHY CHURCHES Churches without pastors face uncertain futures. Congregations feel like they are treading water. How do…

  • August 12, 2020
    WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED I have found comfort in occasionally reviewing the many “what might not have happened” events…