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- April 26, 2019
B Jesus declared that the greatest commandment was to Love God with your whole heart and soul and that the…
- April 24, 2019
HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? Imagine being introduced to a large crowd of people who had the following characteristics. They believed…
- April 19, 2019
BEFORE THE BEGINNING Consider what happens before the new pastor arrives at a congregation. Let me describe some of the…
, - April 17, 2019
MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. The set up for…
- April 12, 2019
Church Conflict – You Be the Judge Despite Jesus prayer that we may be one so that the world would believe…
- April 10, 2019
HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN’T VERIFY Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase that you should trust and verify. Whether…
- April 5, 2019
BIBLICAL JOURNEY OF TRUST A major theme running throughout the biblical story is the theme of trust. Trust involves risk.…
- April 3, 2019
I'm increasingly concerned about the effect of living in an era of cynicism and distrust. Perhaps the most important issue…
, - March 21, 2019
This is an excerpt from Volume 9 of Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations, Clergy Vocational Health. To be published this…
, - March 20, 2019
Celebrating God’s Imperfect Church I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would…
- March 15, 2019
Can you save the church? As the early church discovered, you can’t do it alone and you can’t do it…
- March 13, 2019
For your Lenten devotionals, I offer five formats for your time of prayer. The first one focuses on the praise…
- March 8, 2019
A GAME OF SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE Most of us would like to deepen our spiritual lives but are not sure exactly…
- March 6, 2019
THE UNFINISHED STORY OF A FAMILY JOURNEY We often speak of God's call as a reference to an individual. Would…
- March 1, 2019
ABRAHAM'S SACRIFICE While we may read with horror the story of Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac, most pastors know that…
- February 27, 2019
Sometimes you hear people say, "it's in the Bible." But what you don't know is what they are thinking as…
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