Category: Clergy

  • September 24, 2014
    A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…
  • September 15, 2014
    EMBARRASSED BY RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE Think about it. You are called by God to offer a faith perspective from  which to…
  • September 10, 2014
    The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
  • September 8, 2014
    The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
  • August 29, 2014
    THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. "Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
  • August 27, 2014
    WORDS CREATEWORLDS In Walter Brueggemann's Israel's Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective experiences…
  • August 15, 2014
    DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene' Brown's work on vulnerability and applying…
  • August 13, 2014
    I'm not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit is gone The elders are boss…
  • August 11, 2014
    CLERGY DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…
  • August 1, 2014
    CONSIDER WHAT WAS ON GOD'S MIND   God said: “I’ll create humans with free will.” Satan sneered: "I’ll defeat you…