Category: Clergy

  • September 1, 2023
    MAKE A GAME OF IT  The single pastor or educator can invite another colleague or two or three to share…

  • August 25, 2023
    SOMETIMES THE BEST MINISTRY IS RECEIVING MINISTRY FROM ANOTHER I want to pursue this idea of the importance of being…

  • August 16, 2023
    OUR EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER Ministry places you on an emotional rollercoaster. At one moment you are preparing a sermon. Then someone…

  • August 9, 2023
    Here is a fun little exercise that can engage a small group, stimulate laughter, and bond people together. The idea…

  • August 4, 2023
    God called me to ministry. God called me to gather a group of narcissists and teach them to love each…

  • July 26, 2023
    There is a theological sense in which the whole future of ministry and the health of both clergy and churches…

  • July 19, 2023
    HEARING OUR STORY NEEDS COMMUNITY One of the powerful discoveries in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa was…

  • July 14, 2023
    TRANSFORMING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…

  • July 12, 2023
    Anger in Ministry (2) ANGER GENERATED IN MINISTRY Our culture does not usually associate ministry and anger. Yet many clergy…

  • July 7, 2023
    WHAT OUR CULTURE TEACHES US Our culture has a bias against anger. As a child we are told not to…