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- October 26, 2016
AN INTERIM PASTOR’S SPECIAL GIFT A TIME OF TRANSITION Every church experiences a time when the previous pastor leaves and…
- October 21, 2016
CALLED BY GOD AND HIRED BY A CONGREGATION Pastors sense God's call in their lives and then choose to prepare…
, , - October 19, 2016
IT HELPS TO LAUGH On my website, www.smccutchan.com ,you will find God Laughs–Why Don’t You? : Making Use of Humor in…
, - October 14, 2016
BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT FUN Because of our schedules, we have to be intentional about finding time to be with someone…
, - October 12, 2016
YOU ARE NOT IN THIS ALONE As has been mentioned in previous posts, most observers of the health of clergy…
- October 7, 2016
ALONE IN THE CROWD How does a pastor cope with the features of his or her profession that contribute to…
- October 5, 2016
LOVE ADVICE COLUMN Recently I found myself reading a Dear Abby advice column and began to wonder how this might…
- September 30, 2016
THE POWER OF APPRECIATION Most human beings hunger for signs that people appreciate them and what they do. I…
- September 28, 2016
HOW TO ENRICH CLERGY FRIENDS Studies confirm what clergy know that loneliness is one of the realities of ministry.…
, - September 23, 2016
A progressive Feast in Parabolic storytelling wants your name attached to a story that will lift people’s spirits and cause…
- September 21, 2016
BUILDING CONNECTIONS AMONG THE CLERGY All General Presbyters/Presbytery Executives know the challenge. First, we live in an age of institutional…
- September 16, 2016
ADMIT IT, WE ARE A MIXTURE OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES WE KNOW IT’S TRUE We know that we are not…
- September 14, 2016
IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that two major contributors to improved health are being social and doing nice…
- September 9, 2016
CREATIVE FINANCE Back after WWII, when there was a freeze on salaries, companies had to get creative in how they…
- September 7, 2016
YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH It is important to occasionally take time to have a checkup. Of course the annual physical…
- August 31, 2016
SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE SEVEN WORD REFLECTION Sometimes less is more and fewer words dig deeper. A presbytery can encourage…