- June 14, 2012How often have you greeted someone with the question: "How are you doing?" and had no intention of having that…
- June 5, 2012Sometimes we look at the membership of our congregation and we grow discouraged. It's helpful at such times to recall…
- May 25, 2012Here is an exercise in counter-cultural connectionalism. It is designed to allow both the elders of a session and the…
- May 24, 2012The danger for an individual is to become to focused on the self. The danger of a congregation is to…
- May 23, 2012The counter-cultural message of the Christian faith is that a critical part of salvation is in discovering our true self…
- May 22, 2012The journey of faith is centered around relationships. To paraphrase Jesus' summary, we are to love God and love our…
- May 18, 2012We all need affirmation and it feels good when other churches express an interest in us. The lived reality of…
- May 17, 2012If Jesus embodies an anti-narcissistic approach to life, then it is clear that not being a narcissistic pastor doesn't suggest…
- May 16, 2012If "the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom…
- May 15, 2012Narcissism is a term that is increasingly used to describe one's excessive focus on one's self. We speak of a…
