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- November 4, 2009
If such faith conversations as described in yesterday's blog take place, I think there could be some real value in…
- November 3, 2009
While I think it is also true for laypeople, I would guess that few active clergy experience someone really listening…
- November 2, 2009
Too often our institutions, be they a church or a judicatory, assume the spiritual life of the clergy is left…
- October 30, 2009
I think the idea of structuring your freedom is so important as you begin your retirement that I want to…
- October 29, 2009
Almost any one who has retired and has the health to be active will tell you that one of the…
- October 28, 2009
As you begin thinking about retirement, it is important to think about your platform. That is, who are you? In…
- October 27, 2009
Recently I have talked with several people who are anticipating retirement in the near future. It has caused me to…
- October 26, 2009
A colleague of mine has recently written a piece for the internet service, The Immediate Word, about how we respond…
- October 23, 2009
I have often been struck with how hungry we are as clergy for someone to ask us about our ministry.…
- October 22, 2009
Yesterday I suggested that a Presbytery or judicatory should identify and celebrate the ministry of their pastors that extends beyond…
- October 21, 2009
As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, most pastors understand their call to ministry as extending beyond just the activities of…
- October 20, 2009
John Wesley is quoted as saying, "The world is my parish." Most of us, when we sense a call by…
- October 19, 2009
With the release of the Shriver Report, we are again engaged in a discussion about the effect of women in…
- October 16, 2009
In a recent article I co-wrote for Presbyterian Outlook, (Vol 191 No. 28, August 17, 2009), I tried to imagine…
- October 14, 2009
Presbytery, or any denominational judicatory, needs to strategize about how to offer support to a pastor's family. I'm certainly thinking…
- October 13, 2009
Let me identify some theological assump[tions undergirding this idea. First I believe that the church is the Body of Christ.…
A Pastor’s Grief (10)
June 19, 2013
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