Category: Clergy

  • December 21, 2011
    Back in the 60s, professor Bill Webber at Union Seminary in NY, offered his 10-10-10 plan for a vital Christian…

  • December 20, 2011
    Yesterday I shared with you some disturbing statistics about the stress of ministry. Today, I want to focus particularly on…

  • December 19, 2011
    Why we should focus on addressing clergy stress in the ministry.

  • December 14, 2011
    As presbyteries confront their new reality, it is important that they take seriously their own connectionalism. Usually when we speak…

  • December 9, 2011
    Pick out five biblical characters, at least two from the Hebrew Scriptures and do not choose Jesus but some others…

  • December 8, 2011
    Yesterday we spoke of eschatology or viewing things from the perspective of how it will all end. I used the…

  • December 7, 2011
    Yesterday I asked you to think about whether you thought God had a purpose for creation and whether you believed…

  • December 6, 2011
    If, as I said yesterday, spirituality is based on the assumption that God's Spirit is actively and purposely involved in…

  • December 5, 2011
    Someone recently asked me for a definition of spirituality. Here is what I came up with. Spirituality is the belief…

  • December 1, 2011
    You probably noticed that in sketching out these experiences, I did not begin with the first petition, "Hallowed be thy…