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- September 25, 2020
Recently I was making a list of all the racial cliches that people use without realizing how it sounds to…
- September 23, 2020
CLERGY DIVORCE Along with the increasingly disturbing statistics about the decline of clergy physical health, comes the unpleasant reality that…
, - September 18, 2020
BUILDING ON ZOOM TECHNOLOGY While all of us yearn for a time when we can regather as congregations, there is…
, - September 16, 2020
NO SALVATION OUTSIDE THE CHURCH Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvetic…
, - September 11, 2020
CONTINUE THE DEBATES If you could wave a magic wand and grant a gift to not only your church but…
, , - September 9, 2020
Continued from September 4 Blog Then, almost as a moment of grace, there was a cackle of laughter as a…
, , - September 4, 2020
GREET THE WORSHIPPERS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Pastor Fred Livingood pronounces the benediction. He slowly makes his way to the…
, , , - August 28, 2020
IS JESUS BEING REALISTIC? Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time…
, , , - August 26, 2020
Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations is a 9-volume series that recognizes the increasing stress involved in responding to God’s call…
- August 21, 2020
Clean Swearing It’s hard to be pious as a clergy. You find yourself in so many situations when most people…
- August 19, 2020
CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…
- August 14, 2020
INTERIMS CAN SHAPE HEALTHY CHURCHES Churches without pastors face uncertain futures. Congregations feel like they are treading water. How do…
, - August 12, 2020
WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED I have found comfort in occasionally reviewing the many “what might not have happened” events…
, - August 7, 2020
HEALTHY VS. UNHEALTHY Test yourself and then take the risk of inviting your governing board to take the test to…
, , , - August 5, 2020
HONORING THE PAST Consider the power of the fifth commandment as an example. “Honor your father and your mother, so…
, , - July 31, 2020
Make Laughter a Habit Laughter is about being present. When you laugh you enjoy the here and now. There are…
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