Category: Clergy

  • March 6, 2020
    RESPONDING TO ANXIETY How does it feel to be anxious?                  Write three quick sentences in response to that question.…
  • March 4, 2020
    SURPRISED BY GRACE Recently I had an experience that transformed an abstract idea into an experiential truth. I was coming…
  • February 28, 2020
    THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE PROJECT Purpose is to explore the impact of clergy extending unsolicited and unanticipated appreciation for another…
  • February 26, 2020
              Psalm 31:1-5, 19-24 You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake lead me and guide…
  • February 21, 2020
    BEFORE THE BEGINNING Consider what happens before the new pastor arrives at a congregation. Let me describe some of the events as…
  • February 19, 2020
    Grief Lingers True grief does not disappear from your life. You may move on from the most immediate pain and…
  • February 14, 2020
    In continuing to explore what judicatories can do in support of their clergy, I want to suggest an experience that…
  • February 12, 2020
    YOU CAN HELP ME HELP YOU As you know, I’ve been writing a series of books and booklets mostly focused…
  • February 5, 2020
    Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were…
  • January 31, 2020
    In the novel, A Star and a Tear, amzn.to/1aTDdgs , Frank comments on the quagmire of what he calls "the…