Category: Clergy

  • March 13, 2019
    For your Lenten devotionals, I offer five formats for your time of prayer. The first one focuses on the praise…
  • February 27, 2019
    Sometimes you hear people say, "it's in the Bible." But what you don't know is what they are thinking as…
  • February 13, 2019
    HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY In its simplest form, spirituality is how we stay in connection and communication with God. By speaking of…
  • February 8, 2019
    Responding to Financial Stress It is not easy for small congregations to provide adequate salaries for full-time pastors. It is…
  • January 30, 2019
    SEVEN WORD REFLECTION Sometimes less is more and fewer words dig deeper. A judicatory can encourage clergy to participate, or…
  • January 25, 2019
    I'm working on the eighth volume of my nine-volume series Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations.  This eighth volume will address…
  • January 23, 2019
    NO EXCUSE FOR INACTION   YOU HAVE A GIFT TO GIVE Too often we are concerned about the health of…
  • January 18, 2019
    How would you like to generate some spiritual excitement in your congregation? How would you like to create a positive…
  • January 16, 2019
    LOW SALARIES AFFECT HEALTH At some level almost every pastor feels that s/he is paid inadequately. Some denominations establish a…
  • December 28, 2018
    I wrote this about ten years ago, but it still lingers in my mind. The Disestablishment of the Church Posted on May…