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- February 8, 2019
Responding to Financial Stress It is not easy for small congregations to provide adequate salaries for full-time pastors. It is…
, - February 6, 2019
PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT Most of the pastors in your judicatory have had at least three years of training in the…
, , - February 1, 2019
PEOPLE ARE SPYING ON YOU Let’s face it, people are watching you all the time. Not only that but they…
, , - January 30, 2019
SEVEN WORD REFLECTION Sometimes less is more and fewer words dig deeper. A judicatory can encourage clergy to participate, or…
, - January 25, 2019
I'm working on the eighth volume of my nine-volume series Healthy Clergy Make Healthy Congregations. This eighth volume will address…
- January 23, 2019
NO EXCUSE FOR INACTION YOU HAVE A GIFT TO GIVE Too often we are concerned about the health of…
- January 18, 2019
How would you like to generate some spiritual excitement in your congregation? How would you like to create a positive…
- January 16, 2019
LOW SALARIES AFFECT HEALTH At some level almost every pastor feels that s/he is paid inadequately. Some denominations establish a…
- January 11, 2019
MAD Everything condition has to have a name these days. Very few people can escape some measure of anxiety over…
, - January 9, 2019
HOW DO YOU DISCUSS RACE IN MIXED COMPANY Ok, so you’ve taken a significant step in establishing a…
- January 2, 2019
The Message By Steve McCutchan BEST IF YOU HEAR THIS BY READING IT ALOUD. ENJOY Long ago, the prophets declared…
- December 28, 2018
I wrote this about ten years ago, but it still lingers in my mind. The Disestablishment of the Church Posted on May…
- December 21, 2018
ITS TIME TO SHARE THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH TO OUR ANTI-INSTITUTIONAL WORLD http://bit.ly/Salvinchurch GOD HASN'T WORKED THROUGH…
- December 19, 2018
EXPECTATIONS CAN LIFT YOU UP The fourth week in Advent draws near. This year it is exactly two days before…
- December 14, 2018
TAKE TIME TO LAUGH God Laughs—Why Don’t You? introduces the art of humor as a healing antidote to the…
- December 12, 2018
JOY DEFEATS EXHAUSTION By the third week in Advent, the pressure of events is beginning to wear you down. It…