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We all know that we should spend more time with our families. We may feel guilty that the demands of…

Taken from the ECLA Board of Pensions’ website which has excellent suggestions in a variety of ways to nurture your…

At the same retreat that I mentioned on Friday, I also led a session on how to guide a congregation…

I recently led a Community on Ministry retreat on the care of clergy. During that time I led the following…

When a pastor is speaking hard truths to a congregation, s/he needs to recognize several things. First, there is a…

When you study the prophets, it is clear that they were not just criticizing conditions in their society. Certainly that…

On this day when we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday, it is interesting to reflect on the role of churches…

A new pastor arrives and s/he has been called to be a spiritual leader of this congregation. It is so…

If you overemphasize the message that the congregation needs to care for the pastor, it begins to feel like the…

Your new pastor is about to become the church’s pastor. Everybody wants this to be a healthy and productive beginning…