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Over the years of a long professional career, it is easy to build up a crust of protective cynicism. In…

As you seek to discern where God is calling you in your retirement phase, I would offer you some possible…

Yesterday you examined in written form how God had initially called you to ministry and noted any clues in that…

Reflect back on how you discerned God’s call that started you on the journey towards ministry. It is different for…

There seem to be two initial responses as one enters retirement after a long career as a pastor. For some,…

I have now experienced about four years of retirement from being pastor of a church. Near the time that I…

Taking my own advice, I’m taking a few days off to visit my daughter.

I’m not sure whether there is any comfort in the fact that the struggles that clergy are experiencing are not…

Another version of depression is seasonal. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that affects a person…

I’m sure it must be true for others as well, but clergy can easily experience a large measure of guilt…