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- September 8, 2023
(PART 2 OF A SERIES) A TIME TO CONFESS SINS OF SELF AND OTHERS You stepped outside the daily routines…
, - September 6, 2023
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- September 1, 2023
MAKE A GAME OF IT The single pastor or educator can invite another colleague or two or three to share…
, - August 30, 2023
God’s Fondness for Rascals At points of frustration in our ministry, Psalm 47 can be a helpful devotion reminding us…
, , - August 25, 2023
SOMETIMES THE BEST MINISTRY IS RECEIVING MINISTRY FROM ANOTHER I want to pursue this idea of the importance of being…
, , - August 16, 2023
OUR EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER Ministry places you on an emotional rollercoaster. At one moment you are preparing a sermon. Then someone…
- August 9, 2023
Here is a fun little exercise that can engage a small group, stimulate laughter, and bond people together. The idea…
- August 4, 2023
God called me to ministry. God called me to gather a group of narcissists and teach them to love each…
- August 2, 2023
REPARATIONS One aspect of God’s reconciling work may involve the issue of reparation. Desmond Tutu, in speaking about the struggle…
- July 28, 2023
CONSIDER THE VALUE OF LAUGHTER Probably all of us have experienced how a well-timed joke has broken the tension in…
- July 26, 2023
There is a theological sense in which the whole future of ministry and the health of both clergy and churches…
, - July 21, 2023
REDEMPTIVE POWER OF GOD Continuing with the model provided for us by Alcoholics Anonymous, the second step of the process…
- July 19, 2023
HEARING OUR STORY NEEDS COMMUNITY One of the powerful discoveries in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa was…
- July 14, 2023
TRANSFORMING ROUTINE INTO LIBERATION Far too often we move through the liturgy of a worship service waiting for an anthem,…
- July 12, 2023
Anger in Ministry (2) ANGER GENERATED IN MINISTRY Our culture does not usually associate ministry and anger. Yet many clergy…
- July 7, 2023
WHAT OUR CULTURE TEACHES US Our culture has a bias against anger. As a child we are told not to…
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CHRISTIANITY IS A CORPORATE FAITH
April 17, 2024
SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…
CAN GOD HELP THE CHURCH DEFEAT SIN?
April 12, 2024
TRUST THAT GOD TRANSFORMS Redemptive Theology trusts in the creative power of God, who is not only not defeated by evil…
CAN YOU TRUST GOD?
April 10, 2024
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
WILL GOD GIVE UP ON HUMANITY?
April 5, 2024
What if God knew the nature of humanity and planned for it in God’s redemptive design from the beginning? Assume…
HEARING HUMOR HERE HELPS
March 29, 2024
NOW THAT IS FUNNY Learning the Basics of Subtle HumorLet’s be clear: The goal in adding some humor to your…
THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS
March 27, 2024
THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS I’d like to share some work I’d done on where denominations are headed.What will they look…
RACE AND PRIVILEGE
March 20, 2024
RACISM AND PRIVILEGE How does the Christian church respond to the systemic racism that plagues our society? How do we…
A CHURCH RESPONDING TO GUILT AND SHAME
March 13, 2024
A FRESH BEGINNING I think one of the paralyzing features of modern Christianity in addressing racism is its inability to…
GOD’S DEFEAT OF RACISM
March 8, 2024
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
SAVED TO COMMUNITY
March 6, 2024
SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…