Category: Clergy

  • January 4, 2013
    Consider some basic assumptions. One that God is real, personally involved in this world, and has called you to ministry.…
  • January 2, 2013
    Allow your imagination to dream about the ideal faith journey for your congregation through this Lent-Easter season before you get…
  • December 14, 2012
    In recent blogs I've tried to identify some dimensions of ministry that can cause pastors to feel like hypocrites. Sometimes…
  • December 12, 2012
    I think I have shared an earlier version of this exercise before, but here is an updated version. An Examination…
  • December 7, 2012
    In the last blog, I asked you to name some of your own hypocrisies. I suggested you try to identify…
  • December 5, 2012
    The first step in following the Hypocritic Oath for Pastors, is to name some of the times when we are…
  • December 3, 2012
    I once saw a sign outside of a church that read: "The church is full of hypocrites; You too are…
  • November 30, 2012
    While it is understandable that we will have periods of anger and doubt, as expressed in Psalm 22, it is…
  • November 28, 2012
    Psalm 22 provides a biblical template for responding to the emotionally stressful atmosphere around us in a spiritually healthy way.…
  • November 26, 2012
    We have just passed through the season of Thanksgiving. The power of praise and thanksgiving as an antibody to the…