Category: Clergy

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…

December 21, 2018

ITS TIME TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH TO OUR ANTI-INSTITUTIONAL WORLD     http://bit.ly/Salvinchurch GOD HASN'T WORKED THROUGH…

December 12, 2018

JOY DEFEATS EXHAUSTION By the third week in Advent, the pressure of events is beginning to wear you down. It…

December 5, 2018

PREPARING FOR 2ND SUNDAY The second Sunday in Advent focuses on John the Baptist and his focus on acting ethically…

November 28, 2018

Advent Expectations (1)   As a pastor, I’m fully aware that Advent is about expectations. Advent is a time of…

October 31, 2018

This is excerpted from the soon to be published Clergy Emotional Health. CAREGIVERS ARE HUMANS Recently we have experienced two major…

October 10, 2018

i posted this in 2006 but some of the same questions are part of our current context. Posted on September 16,…

October 5, 2018

I'm in New York City this week at Union Theological Seminary. I have returned to celebrate with my classmates the…

September 8, 2018

BREAKING THROUGH MY SHELL iF +/?% would stop messing with me and my ministry, I think I could be lovable.…

August 24, 2018

WITH THE REPORT OF CHURCH SCANDALS IN MIND, LET US MOVE BEYOND THE SCANDAL AND EXPLORE REDEMPTIVE POSSIBILITIES. Redemptive Possibilities…