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I think that it is important to build into a pastor’s sabbatical experience a positive way in which the congregation…

In yesterday’s blog I quoted Tom Ehrich’s image of an entrepreneur as applied to pastoral leadership. “Typically, an entrepreneur owns…

In Tom Ehrich’s Column mentioned yesterday, after describing the challenge of being a pastor, he describes a type of leadership…

Tom Erich, who I knew when he was an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, recently wrote a column in which he…

I was recently talking to a pastor friend about his life and ministry and a very familiar subject came up.…

It is the day before Thanksgiving and all through the house — Oh, wait, that is another season. Anyway, on…

Yesterday I wrote of organizing a pastor’s appreciation banquet for the community. Today I want to suggest a couple of…

I’m not sure whether I have written this up or not. A couple of weeks ago our community had a…

A presbytery or other judicatory might want to consider having their own post-Christmas celebration for their clergy and families. The…

One of the prices we pay in our profession is that our family can feel neglected during such high stress…