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- March 11, 2016
In the last blog, I shared a check list for a pastor to use for measuring how s/he cares about…
, - March 9, 2016
Let me offer you a check up sheet to measure how you are doing in caring for your own physical…
- March 4, 2016
PREPARATION FOR THE CONVERSATION See the previous blog for more information on how to engage your congregation in a spiritual…
- March 2, 2016
A SPIRITUAL CHECKUP I want to suggest a way for you to engage your congregation in a spiritual conversation that…
- February 26, 2016
Contemporary Spirituality for the Busy Professional Purpose: To design a contemporary discipline that would enable a busy professional to…
, - February 24, 2016
HELPING JESUS FACE REALITY Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The…
, - February 19, 2016
One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism.…
- February 17, 2016
An Imaginary Conversation in a Cynical Society Another seismic change has occurred in the way we experience the church. At…
- February 12, 2016
FEBRUARY 15 DEADLINE On Monday, February 15, the final phase of our three phase contest, AN EXPERIMENT IN MODERN PARABLES,…
- February 10, 2016
I CELEBRATE GOD'S GIFT On February 4 I celebrated my seventy-fifth year of life. In September I will have been ordained…
, - February 3, 2016
Pastors Need Their Own Lenten Experience Ash Wednesday comes very early this year. February 10 seems to be arriving before…
, - January 29, 2016
POST SABBATICAL It is not unusual for a pastor and a pastor’s family to experience what I can best describe…
- January 27, 2016
WELCOMING PASTOR BACK FROM SABBATICAL I thought you might like to see a sample of a litany that a…
, - January 22, 2016
An Experiment in Sabbath Time Recently, while discussing some sabbatical plans for a pastor, I began imagining with him a…
- January 20, 2016
PRESBYTERY WITNESS Since we live in a secular society that has lost its appreciation for the Sabbath, and churches…
- January 15, 2016
LET THE PLANNING BEGIN First Find information on how to apply for a grant to help pay for your…