Category: Clergy

  • October 12, 2016
    YOU ARE NOT IN THIS ALONE As has been mentioned in previous posts, most observers of the health of clergy…

  • October 7, 2016
    ALONE IN THE CROWD How does a pastor cope with the features of his or her profession that contribute to…

  • September 28, 2016
    HOW TO ENRICH CLERGY FRIENDS   Studies confirm what clergy know that loneliness is one of the realities of ministry.…

  • September 16, 2016
    ADMIT IT, WE ARE A MIXTURE OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WE KNOW IT’S TRUE We know that we are not…

  • August 10, 2016
    AN AGE OF DISTRUST   Polls have shown the unlikeability factor for both of our major candidates for the presidency.…

  • August 3, 2016
    In the final chapter of Clergy Tails—Tales, www.smccutchan.com, the author offers some reflections on ministry and the nature of church in…

  • July 29, 2016
    A DIALOGUE BETWEEN GOD AND ANY HUMAN THAT GOD MIGHT CALL.   Leader: You are called to serve God. People:…

  • July 27, 2016
    DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and applying…

  • July 22, 2016
    CLERGY DON’T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…

  • July 20, 2016
    IMAGE OF AN UNHEALTHY CHURCH We live in an anxious age and the church is tempted to reflect that anxiety…