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- September 5, 2014
IT HELPS TO LAUGH By late September I will be releasing on Amazon a new book for the pastor, God…
, - September 3, 2014
48TH ANNIVERSARY Today will be a short post celebrating an event that still amazes me. Today I celebrate the 48th…
, , , - August 29, 2014
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT EXPANDED We need to reinterpret the fifth commandment. "Honor your father and your mother, so that your…
, , - August 27, 2014
WORDS CREATEWORLDS In Walter Brueggemann's Israel's Praise, he develops the idea that words create worlds. It is not the objective experiences…
, , - August 25, 2014
BEING DRAWN INTO ANXIETY A challenge for any pastor in this anxious age is to not absorb the anxiety of…
, - August 22, 2014
I want to emphasize 3 of the 10 commandments as an antitoxin to anxiety. NO OTHER GODS It is the…
, - August 20, 2014
(CONTINUING TO LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AND ANXIETY FROM TED TALK BY BRENE' BROWN as applied to the pastorate.) HIDING FROM…
, , - August 18, 2014
BEFORE THE BEGINNING Consider what has happened before the new pastor arrives at a congregation. Let me describe some of…
- August 15, 2014
DO YOU LIVE IN AN ANXIOUS SOCIETY? (I am continuing to draw upon Brene' Brown's work on vulnerability and applying…
- August 13, 2014
I'm not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit is gone The elders are boss…
, - August 11, 2014
CLERGY DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER Clergy, like all humans, come to their work with all the wounds, hungers, insecurities,…
, , - August 8, 2014
(Thoughts derived from reflecting on 2 TED talks by Brene' Brown www.ted.com/talks/brene'_brown) as applied to churches .) This is the…
, , - August 6, 2014
THE SHAME OF IT ALL (A continuation of reflections on Brene' Brown's TED talks on Vulnerability and Shame.) Brown suggests…
- August 4, 2014
CAN OTHER CLERGY BE MY FRIEND? In my work on the issue of loneliness and isolation among clergy, I have…
- August 1, 2014
CONSIDER WHAT WAS ON GOD'S MIND God said: “I’ll create humans with free will.” Satan sneered: "I’ll defeat you…
, , - July 30, 2014
These reflections on the church and clergy are drawn from my new book, A Company of Pastors, that will be…