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- 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.…
, , , , - June 10, 2022
SHAME ON ME Those who research such things are reporting that the percentage of Americans who are members of a…
- June 8, 2022
SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY BUT DISTRUST INSTITUTIONS The polls all show that the numbers of those who want to be spiritual but…
- June 3, 2022
We live in a world that wants a theology of comfort and we are inspired by a G INDIVIDUALISM We…
- June 1, 2022
How Would You Respond? (The dialogue continues between a Church Member and a Believer but Not Belonger.) B/NB: I have…
- May 28, 2022
We live in a world that wants a theology of comfort and we are inspired by a Gospel that offers…
- May 25, 2022
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE CHURCH? Many early church theologians asserted that there is no salvation outside the church. An increasing number…
- May 25, 2022
I’m working on some material to support pastors and their churches respond to racism in their society. The challenge is…
- May 20, 2022
Clergy Health Resources Clergy Financial Health …recognizes the stress that finances and low salaries can add to a pastor’s health.…
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…
A FUTURE FOR DENOMINATIONS
May 3, 2023
One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism.…