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- June 15, 2010
All professions have their impact on the families of the person in that profession. You could probably name both positive…
, - June 14, 2010
Look, up in the sky It’s a bird, It’s a plane, No, it's superclergy Faster than unfolding sexual scandals More…
- June 11, 2010
Once you have some images of what might be good for you and your church through the process we identified…
- June 10, 2010
Sometimes we can get so mired down in the daily details that we can lose perspective. Even if you are…
- June 9, 2010
You are conscious of the drain on your emotional resources, vacation is still a while off, but you can carve…
- June 8, 2010
You check your emotional pulse and realize that you have taxed your emotional reserves but the demands of ministry continue.…
, - June 7, 2010
A clergy friend of mine recently went through one of those periods in his pastorate when he had had 5…
, - June 4, 2010
Pause in the normal work of a presbytery meeting and ask people to spontaneously respond with a word of phrase…
, - June 3, 2010
We are exploring how a presbytery might help her churches in remembering who they are as the called people of…
, - June 2, 2010
As Israel was constantly learning, being set apart by God was less a reason for pride than of humble awe.…
, - June 1, 2010
I believe it was John Bright in his History of Israel who said that a major factor in preventing Israel…
, - May 31, 2010
I think we have about 11 Monday holidays on this country's calendar. Since I normally took Mondays as my day…
- May 28, 2010
You are in a blue funk. You are going through the motions, quite successfully, but internally you are hitting an…
- May 27, 2010
Feelings are very mercurial. At one moment they are up and another time they are down. Sometimes we can attribute…
- May 26, 2010
Acedia feeds upon the thought that nothing is worthwhile. Ecclesiastes gives expression to such thoughts. "Vanity of vanities, says the…
- May 25, 2010
Yesterday we talked about utilizing those slivers of time that frequently happen during your day to compose some scrawled notes.…
CLERGY NEED EACH OTHER
January 10, 2014
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM You are called by God to offer ministry in this real world. Regardless of your theological…
Sharing the Word Through Fiction
January 8, 2014
I ADMIT THAT I AM EXCITED As many of you know, this past September I published a mystery novel, A…
Some Humor to Begin 2014
January 6, 2014
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with interpretation By Steve McCutchan 1. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME: Unless those gods…
First Thought in the New Year
January 3, 2014
2014 It’s 2014 and the year begins. Well, for most pastors it is a mixed bag of beginning and continuing.…
Christmas Hope and Your Ministry
December 27, 2013
GOD SPEAKS IN THE UNEXPECTED Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of…
It’s Almost Here — for You Too
December 23, 2013
EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN ADVENT JOY You’ve been through the four Sundays of Advent and all the extra events designed to…
AN INTERIM’S PARTING GIFT TO THE CHURCH
December 20, 2013
Remembering the Interim We have been developing a series of blogs on a unique gift that the interim can offer…
USING FICTION TO EDUCATE THE CONGREGATION
December 18, 2013
PEOPLE LIKE STORIES An additional approach to helping the congregation appreciate the many dimensions of clergy life would be to…
GRACE REALLY DOES WORK
December 16, 2013
AN EXERCISE IN PERFECTION AND IMPERFECTION How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? If…
Sesson 2 for the Congregation in Raising Awareness
December 13, 2013
BUILDING CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT When we consider both the challenges to and the way to sustain our health, we need to…