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Hopefully you have given yourself permission to take this day off and be with your family, or if you are…

Some final thoughts on what can help multiple staff relationships. First, a yearly planning retreat in which you take a…

One of the strengths of the Presbyterian faith is its understanding that you don’t have to be perfect to do…

You’ve introduced your new staff member to some key figures in the congregation and encouraged that person to take some…

In most cases when you bring on a new staff person, they are moving from another community. Sometimes we forget…

A church expends a lot of energy in seeking and hiring a new staff person. Then s/he comes and people…

After a number of active exercises, you could then move to a more reflective aspect of the retreat. There is…

Being part of a minister’s family is different from being in other families. Not only are you in a 24…

One of the ways that pastors develop support for themselves is building friendships with other pastors that they can occasionally…

Over my years of ministry, I can clearly remember when someone in the congregation recognized a particularly difficult time for…