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- September 24, 2014
A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…
, , , - September 19, 2014
AN AGE OF SPLINTERING We live in an age of fractured community. As sociologist Brene' Brown suggests, it is a…
, - September 15, 2014
EMBARRASSED BY RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE Think about it. You are called by God to offer a faith perspective from which to…
- September 10, 2014
The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
, - September 8, 2014
The Presbytery Pastoral Care Network 15th Annual Conference Rediscovering the Beloved Community: Overcoming Isolation October 27-30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church…
, , - 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,…
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A GAME TO BUILD COMMUNITY IN A CHURCH OR AMONG CLERGY
July 13, 2018
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