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- 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…
, - July 6, 2016
Doctrine, Doctrine, Who’s Got the Doctrine The set up for this game is that you invite three or four…
, - July 1, 2016
A Company of Pastors offers a fresh approach to overcoming the type of loneliness that seems inherent in…
- June 29, 2016
AFTER REFRESHMENTS OK, you have played the first phase as described in the previous blog, and you have taken time…
- June 24, 2016
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Because we are people of the Book, it is good to call on Scripture as we…
- June 22, 2016
LET'S GATHER WITH OTHER CLERGY I'm working on some material for the next conference of the Presbytery Pastoral Care Network,…
- June 17, 2016
This litany was prepared as a response to the conclusion of our 222nd General Assembly. Feel free to use it…
- 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…
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HOW TO TRUST WHEN YOU CAN’T VERIFY
September 20, 2019
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