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Labor Day

September 6, 2010

If you are fortunate, you won’t have any obligations on this labor day and will spend it relaxing with loved…

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Personal Gratitude

September 3, 2010

Today is my anniversary of 44 years of marriage. As I approach 70 years of age, next February, and consider…

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God Didn’t Promise a Rose Garden

September 2, 2010

Let’s explore the financial reality with respect to clergy, and others as well, from a theological perspective. Throughout the biblical…

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Finances and Resentment

September 1, 2010

Yesterday we spoke of the private emotions that affected our spending patterns. Today I want to speak of emotions on…

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Financial Health and Emotions

August 31, 2010

Yesterday we spoke of creating a financial diary for a month to raise awareness of where the small change goes.…

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Financial Health

August 30, 2010

Many years ago I read an article by a group called “Smoke Enders.” The first step that they recommended was…

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Who Educates the Congregation?

August 27, 2010

One of the difficulties in helping congregations do a better job of caring for their pastors is that there is…

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Presbytery Support of Spirituality

August 26, 2010

As part of Presbytery’s support of our pastor’s spiritual journey, we can build on Scripture’s declaration that each of us…

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Loving Other Clergy

August 20, 2010

As we wind down the summer and before we get fully into the pressures of the fall, I want to…

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A Multiple Choice Test

August 19, 2010

While I was driving in Montana during this vacation, I saw this large bill board that carried the following message:…

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