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- June 15, 2016
The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) invites all writers (and those who have dreamed about writing) to compose a short story.…
- June 10, 2016
God’s Call — A poem I’m not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit…
, - June 8, 2016
HAVING THE CONVERSATION If all the churches in the presbytery had a healthy relationship with their clergy and each congregation…
, , - June 3, 2016
COURTSHIP A clergy and church meet and are mutually attracted. They court, learn about each other, and explore a possible…
, , - June 2, 2016
An Experiment in Modern Parables The winners of the three-phase writing contest are now available in a freshly published…
, - June 1, 2016
THE NOBILITY OF GOD’S CALL Now look at God’s call from God’s perspective. Again, I’m going to ask you to…
- May 27, 2016
MAYBE IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER Some days you wonder, don’t you? Was I called to ministry or was it…
- May 25, 2016
HEARING GOD'S CALL It is quite normal for clergy and educators to have moments of discouragement that lead them to…
, - May 20, 2016
UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter and the other disciples but they do not…
, - May 18, 2016
BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type of…
, - May 13, 2016
I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would have made one disastrous…
, , - May 11, 2016
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE The same problem looks different depending on the angle from which you view it. For example, a…
- May 6, 2016
IDEAS VERSUS RELATIONSHIPS One of the hesitancies about speaking to people outside the church about faith is that we fear…
- May 4, 2016
EVANGELISM IS NOT SALESMANSHIP Recently we have seen lots of articles about the fall in church membership and the rise…
, - April 29, 2016
WE KNOW IT'S TRUE We know that we are not perfect. We accept that we all have sinned and fallen…
, - April 27, 2016
For the past few blogs, I've been talking about how you can explore various aspects of ministry and your spiritual…
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