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- January 24, 2014
WHAT DO HEALTHY CLERGY LOOK LIKE? You may have read some of the recent articles concerning the declining health of…
- January 22, 2014
WELCOME AND CATCHING UP Each time you gather, there should be ample time to check in with each other. Sometimes…
- January 20, 2014
GUIDING THE DISCUSSION It is important to not exhaust people in the discussion and to allow plenty of time for…
- January 17, 2014
COMMON EXPERIENCE One of the challenges in building a group among clergy is to help them understand that there are…
- January 15, 2014
A SHARED REALITY This first meeting of your exploratory company of pastors is critical. It is important to establish some…
- January 13, 2014
BUILDING A COMPANY OF PASTORS Here is the challenge. Most presbytery executives and COM chairs feel overwhelmed by the task…
, - January 10, 2014
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM You are called by God to offer ministry in this real world. Regardless of your theological…
- January 8, 2014
I ADMIT THAT I AM EXCITED As many of you know, this past September I published a mystery novel, A…
- January 6, 2014
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with interpretation By Steve McCutchan 1. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME: Unless those gods…
, - January 3, 2014
2014 It’s 2014 and the year begins. Well, for most pastors it is a mixed bag of beginning and continuing.…
- December 27, 2013
GOD SPEAKS IN THE UNEXPECTED Consider the conditions for the birth of Christ or the birth of the Word of…
, - December 23, 2013
EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN ADVENT JOY You've been through the four Sundays of Advent and all the extra events designed to…
, - December 20, 2013
Remembering the Interim We have been developing a series of blogs on a unique gift that the interim can offer…
, , - December 18, 2013
PEOPLE LIKE STORIES An additional approach to helping the congregation appreciate the many dimensions of clergy life would be to…
, , , - December 16, 2013
AN EXERCISE IN PERFECTION AND IMPERFECTION How does a congregation relate their faith to their relationship with their pastor? If…
, , - December 13, 2013
BUILDING CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT When we consider both the challenges to and the way to sustain our health, we need to…
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