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- June 22, 2012
How are you doing spiritually? This can be an excellent framework for a conversation with a trusted colleague. A spiritual…
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Think about what you should be doing with respect to your financial health. Here are some suggestions to consider putting…
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All of us have families in some form or other and an important part of our core healthiness is to…
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Ministry is stressful, with lots of ups and downs. Paying attention to your emotional health is important in maintaining a…
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Find a colleague with whom you can explore the following questions. Not all the questions are important for everyone, but…
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The best questions for conversation are ones that allow for a variety of responses that enable the group to probe…
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How often have you greeted someone with the question: "How are you doing?" and had no intention of having that…
, , , - June 13, 2012
Fourth Step: a Scriptural Framework Psalm 23 offers an interesting framework for continuing the evaluation of a congregational ministry. Begin…
- June 12, 2012
Third step Begins With Grace Sometimes when we try to evaluate either the clergy or the congregation, we can become…
- June 11, 2012
A second step is to be conscious of the values of our society that affect our understanding of ourselves. We…
- June 8, 2012
Evaluating A Congregation’s Ministry If we take the priesthood of all believers seriously, then evaluation of ministry should include the…
- June 7, 2012
Building on yesterday's suggestion of expanding evaluation to the whole ministry of the congregation, an alternative would be to have…
- June 6, 2012
Two preliminary decisions with respect to evaluation need to be made. First, what is the purpose of the evaluation process?…
- June 5, 2012
Sometimes we look at the membership of our congregation and we grow discouraged. It's helpful at such times to recall…
, - May 25, 2012
Here is an exercise in counter-cultural connectionalism. It is designed to allow both the elders of a session and the…
, - May 24, 2012
The danger for an individual is to become to focused on the self. The danger of a congregation is to…
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God’s Call–A Poem
June 10, 2016
God’s Call — A poem I’m not so sure That God called me I am a pastor The Spirit…
PREMARITAL SESSION WITH CLERGY
June 8, 2016
HAVING THE CONVERSATION If all the churches in the presbytery had a healthy relationship with their clergy and each congregation…
PREMARITAL COUNSELING FOR CHURCH/CLERGY MARRIAGES
June 3, 2016
COURTSHIP A clergy and church meet and are mutually attracted. They court, learn about each other, and explore a possible…
CELEBRATE WITH ME!!!
June 2, 2016
An Experiment in Modern Parables The winners of the three-phase writing contest are now available in a freshly published…
WHEN I DOUBT GOD’S CALL (PART 2).
June 1, 2016
THE NOBILITY OF GOD’S CALL Now look at God’s call from God’s perspective. Again, I’m going to ask you to…
WHEN I DOUBT GOD’S CALL.
May 27, 2016
MAYBE IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER Some days you wonder, don’t you? Was I called to ministry or was it…
CLARIFYING YOUR CALL
May 25, 2016
HEARING GOD’S CALL It is quite normal for clergy and educators to have moments of discouragement that lead them to…
SHAME ON THE CHURCH–NOT
May 20, 2016
UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter and the other disciples but they do not…
HOW GOD BUILT THE CHURCH.
May 18, 2016
BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type of…
CELEBRATING GOD’S IMPERFECT CHURCH.
May 13, 2016
I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would have made one disastrous…