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- August 30, 2019
Talk About Healthy Church Behavior Being anxious is not wrong. There are plenty of reasons why people might have their…
- August 28, 2019
RECALLING A HISTORY OF GOD'S CALL Posted on August 1, 2018 | Leave a comment | Edit PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Because we are people…
- August 23, 2019
DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and applying…
- August 21, 2019
YOU PASTOR AN ANXIOUS CONGREGATION I WANT TO EXPLORE HOW WE PASTOR CONGREGATIONS IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY. (Eventually, this…
- August 16, 2019
WHEN A CHURCH SEES A VISION I once heard Rabbi Edward Friedman advise a pastor on how to respond to…
- August 14, 2019
ALL ARE WOUNDED When a pastor is fired, it is the shattering of a dream that was present at the…
- August 9, 2019
When a Pastor is Fired (6) LITURGICAL ROOTS I think that we need to draw upon the liturgical roots of…
- August 7, 2019
PART 5 When a Pastor is Fired (5) CONGREGATIONS ALSO HURT One of the more difficult aspects that a COM…
- August 2, 2019
PART 4 JUDICATORY PREPARATION It would be helpful if the Committee on Ministry or its equivalent would do some prior…
- July 31, 2019
PART 3 CARE FOR PASTOR'S FAMILY A critical component that COMs should attend to when a pastor is fired is…
- July 26, 2019
Part two I once suggested that someone needs to create a padded, soundproof room where pastors could go from time…
- July 24, 2019
When Pastors Get Fired (1) Recently I have talked to a couple of pastors who experienced the termination of their…
- July 19, 2019
Hosea 1:2-10 Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have childrenof whoredom, for the land commits great whoredomby…
- July 17, 2019
C CLERGY FAMILIES While we may read with horror the story of Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac, most pastors know…
- July 12, 2019
PSALM 57 ADAPTED Prayer for our churches Be merciful to our congregations, O God, be merciful to each of our…
- July 10, 2019
Here is one way to offer your congregation an opportunity to grow in their faith as a church and as…