Category: Spiritual Health

  • November 12, 2014
    Be Intentional Advent is supposed to be a time of preparation and expectation for Christians. For a pastor, it is…

  • September 26, 2014
    LONELINESS HAS ITS VALUE I have explored some of the toxic features of the loneliness experienced by pastors, but here…

  • September 24, 2014
    A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…

  • December 27, 2013
    GOD SPEAKS IN THE UNEXPECTED  Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of…

  • November 29, 2013
    SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF CLERGY There is an ancient tale about the cobbler’s children having no shoes while the cobbler helps…

  • July 17, 2013
    The Game of Theology Buy yourself a package of 3 x 5 cards and stick a few in your pocket…

  • June 21, 2013
    Let me provide you another example of how a psalm can provide you the framework for expressing despairing feelings to…

  • June 19, 2013
    As we learn to express our hurt and anger to God, it is important that we recognize the importance of…

  • June 17, 2013
    I want to suggest several ways in which a person can confront one's grief and move through it to a…

  • June 14, 2013
    If you have read the previous blogs, you know the various forms of grief that pastors experience. Not all pastors…