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- August 3, 2022
TURNING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
, , - July 29, 2022
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
- July 27, 2022
HOW TO LISTEN The problem with our ideological splits today is that we have lost the capacity to listen to…
, , - July 23, 2022
BEING CALLED TO THE MINISTRY I was asked recently what advice I would give about the ministry to a 20…
- July 20, 2022
Ten Things I’d Like to See in a Church Think about the church that you’d like to serve. What are…
- July 15, 2022
S BEING CREATIVE There is a creative way to move beyond crisis and regain your power to make choices as…
- July 13, 2022
Ways Healthy Clergy are like Rubber Bands Recently studies of clergy health like the Duke Clergy Health study have emphasized…
, - July 8, 2022
A HORRIBLE PLANNER Was God a horrible planner and made a critical mistake in choosing a “no people to be…
- July 6, 2022
HERE IS A LINK FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN MAKING A CREATIVE WITNESS https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq75QccEdNd_hJQ994Fttz88uZ49rA?e=r5NrE4 IF IT INTRIGUES…
- July 6, 2022
WHAT IS TRUTH (part 2) As mentioned in the previous blog, Pilate asks in John 18:38, “What is Truth?” and…
- July 1, 2022
WHAT IS TRUTH? Pilate’s question in John 18:38 is now more haunting than ever. Merriam Webster definition: Truth is the…
- June 29, 2022
PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT Most of the pastors in your judicatory have had at least three years of training in the…
, , , - June 24, 2022
A RADICAL IDEA FOR CLERGY Clergy have in their power the ability to have fun while improving the neighborhood. (If…
- June 22, 2022
ADVANTAGES OF HOPE I know that there is plenty of stress in your ministry. Yet, like Israelites headed for the…
- June 17, 2022
ANTI-RACIST CLERGY Who would want to be known as a racist clergy? Certainly not people who read this blog. I…
, - June 15, 2022
WHAT IS HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY In its most understandable form, spirituality is how we stay in connection and communication with God.…
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Confessing Sins of Disgusting Neighbor
June 14, 2023
CONFESSING SINS OF DISGUSTING NEIGHBORS MY NEIGHBOR IN THE BODY OF CHRIST What is my responsibility for my neighbor’s sins…
TEN REASON NOT TO GO TO CHURCH
June 7, 2023
Ten top Reasons to Refuse to Hear God’s Call In the Reformed faith, we believe that all people have a…
A CLERGY SECRET ABOUT HANDLING A CHURCH ANTAGONIST
June 2, 2023
An Enemy Within the Church Almost every pastor has the experience of having some person or persons within the membership…
RESPONDING TO WHITE PRIVILEGE
May 31, 2023
An exercise in exploring White Privilege When Whites hear the term White Privilege, they usually have one of two reactions.…
THE COST OF LISTENING
May 31, 2023
Cost of Listening Most churches would agree that they value a pastor who can listen with sensitivity to people who…
PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT
May 19, 2023
JUDICATORIES WHO CARE FOR CLERGY PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT Most of the pastors in your judicatory have had at least three…
MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST (PART 2)
May 17, 2023
MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST–part two The parable continues Abigail enthralled his adult class with her description of her…
MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST
May 12, 2023
PART ONE MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST Stephen McCutchan Part one David Benedict, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran church,…
HOSPITALITY FOR ALIEN ST RANGERS (2)
May 10, 2023
IS FORCE THE ANSWER TO THREAT? (This is an excerpt from “Hospitality for Alien Strangers,” to be published in the…
HOSPITALITY FOR ALIEN STRANGERS
May 5, 2023
PREVIEW OF NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FALL OF 2023 At the time, no one understood that what took…