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- 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…
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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…
, , , - July 29, 2020
GO LAUGHS—WHY DON’T YOU? Volume 3 of Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations This third volume of the Healthy Clergy Make…
- July 24, 2020
Remembering the Interim Sometimes it is your final actions that most lingers in the minds of people. Sometimes an interim…
- July 22, 2020
AVOIDING A PARALLEL PANDEMIC We are very aware that there is a pandemic that is sweeping the world. It is…
, - July 17, 2020
BUILDING CONNECTIONS AMONG THE CLERGY All General Presbyters/Presbytery Executives know the challenge. First, we live in an age of institutional…
, , - July 15, 2020
IF YOU ARE A GOOD PASTOR, OR IF YOU KNOW ONE Have you thought about why the ministry of the…
, , , - July 10, 2020
GOSSIP IS NOT ALL BAD I know the Bible is pretty hard on gossip and most churches generally condemn it…
, , - July 8, 2020
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
, - July 4, 2020
RECEIVE A GIFT AND GIVE A GIFT TODAY AND THE NEXT TWO DAYS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFFIRM FRIENDS AND…
- July 3, 2020
RECOGNIZE THE CHURCH’S SCANDAL For Christians to respond to the reality of racism in our lives and in our congregations,…
- July 1, 2020
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
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