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- 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…
- January 13, 2016
INTERPRETING TO THE CONGREGATION Let me begin by providing you some resources to use in interpreting the need for sabbaticals…
- January 8, 2016
NINE TIPS FOR YOUR EXPERIMENT IN MODERN PARABLES. Let me suggest some easy steps to releasing the short story…
, - January 6, 2016
(TWELVE WAYS YOU CAN BE A WINNER!!!!) WHAT IF you actually wrote a short story and submitted it to the…
, - December 23, 2015
THIS WEEK WILL DRAIN YOU OF ENERGY AND HOPEFULLY FILL YOU WITH SATISFACTION. DRINK IN THE POSITIVE SET ALL NEGATIVE…
, - December 18, 2015
PRACTICE THINKING LIKE JESUS Jesus wrote parables that confronted major issues in the society. You can too. The third phase…
- December 16, 2015
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Let me suggest an evening conversation for a pastoral couple that can be both fun…
, - December 11, 2015
DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING In the past two blogs, I've offered a creative way to engage complaints both among clergy and with…
, , - December 9, 2015
LEARNING TO PLAY What if you could engage the members of your congregation in thinking creatively about the complaints that…
, , - December 4, 2015
NAMING THE COMPLAINTS Have you heard a lot of complaints, lately? Whether you are a part of a presbytery staff…
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