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While I think it is also true for laypeople, I would guess that few active clergy experience someone really listening…

Too often our institutions, be they a church or a judicatory, assume the spiritual life of the clergy is left…

I think the idea of structuring your freedom is so important as you begin your retirement that I want to…

Almost any one who has retired and has the health to be active will tell you that one of the…

As you begin thinking about retirement, it is important to think about your platform. That is, who are you? In…

Recently I have talked with several people who are anticipating retirement in the near future. It has caused me to…

A colleague of mine has recently written a piece for the internet service, The Immediate Word, about how we respond…

I have often been struck with how hungry we are as clergy for someone to ask us about our ministry.…

Yesterday I suggested that a Presbytery or judicatory should identify and celebrate the ministry of their pastors that extends beyond…

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, most pastors understand their call to ministry as extending beyond just the activities of…