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- August 31, 2016
SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE SEVEN WORD REFLECTION Sometimes less is more and fewer words dig deeper. A presbytery can encourage…
- August 26, 2016
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LAUGH A FUN EXPERIMENT WITH COLLEAGUES Try this experiment. Choose a couple of colleagues and…
- August 24, 2016
MAJORITY RULES This is an adaption of a community building game adapted to a church community. The set up for…
- August 19, 2016
Church Conflict – You Be the Judge Despite Jesus prayer that we may be one so that the world would believe…
- August 17, 2016
HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN'T VERIFY Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase that you should trust and verify. Whether…
- August 12, 2016
BIBLICAL JOURNEY OF TRUST A major theme running throughout the biblical story is the theme of trust. Trust involves risk.…
- August 10, 2016
AN AGE OF DISTRUST Polls have shown the unlikeability factor for both of our major candidates for the presidency.…
- August 5, 2016
U U U Imagine yourself being part of a nationwide creative conversation about a significant issue facing the church. Picture…
- August 3, 2016
In the final chapter of Clergy Tails—Tales, www.smccutchan.com, the author offers some reflections on ministry and the nature of church in…
, , - July 29, 2016
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN GOD AND ANY HUMAN THAT GOD MIGHT CALL. Leader: You are called to serve God. People:…
, - July 27, 2016
DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene’ Brown’s work on vulnerability and applying…
, - July 22, 2016
CLERGY DON’T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…
, - July 20, 2016
IMAGE OF AN UNHEALTHY CHURCH We live in an anxious age and the church is tempted to reflect that anxiety…
- July 15, 2016
JESUS' CRITERIA When you consider the twelve disciples, you have to wonder what criteria Jesus was using when he…
, - July 13, 2016
NOT THINKING LIKE HUMANS I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would…
- July 8, 2016
A Spiritual Mood Color Here is a game that can be played with some clergy friends. Begin with some clergy…
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The Mutuality of Hospitality
October 18, 2019
A POWERFUL GIFT Posted on March 19, 2010 | Leave a comment | Edit One of the most powerful gifts that a congregation can experience…
5 Ways to obey Jesus’ Commandment for Christian Unity
October 16, 2019
Five ways to obey Jesus’ new commandment to his disciples. John 13:34: “I give you a new commandment, that you…
The NEW HYMNAL FOR CLERGY
October 11, 2019
Posted on May 24, 2017 | 1 Comment | Edit Mashables One of the fun strategies in comedy is called mashables. You take two different…
HAVING A WORD WITH GOD
October 9, 2019
PRAYER PARTNERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA START WITH THREE FRIENDS For this experience, I would invite you to choose three clergy…
IS THE CHURCH NECESSARY
October 4, 2019
Many early church theologians asserted that there is no salvation outside the church. An increasing number of citizens in our…
WHAT GOD WANTS FROM CHURCHES
October 2, 2019
God’s Call to the Community of Churches Try viewing the future of the church from the perspective of God’s call.…
YOUR FAITH & GOD’S WORLD
September 27, 2019
An Environmental Church As Christians, we believe that this is God’s world and we have been placed in the world…
GIVE THANKS & HEAL THE WORLD
September 25, 2019
GOSSIP IS NOT ALL BAD I know the Bible is pretty hard on gossip and most churches generally condemn it…
HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN’T VERIFY
September 20, 2019
THE CORE OF OUR FAITH Ronald Reagan famously coined the phrase that you should trust and verify. Whether he was…