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- June 21, 2012
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…
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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…
, - May 23, 2012
The counter-cultural message of the Christian faith is that a critical part of salvation is in discovering our true self…
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GAME TWO ABOUT GOD’S CALL
June 29, 2016
AFTER REFRESHMENTS OK, you have played the first phase as described in the previous blog, and you have taken time…
PLAYING WITH GOD’S CALL
June 24, 2016
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Because we are people of the Book, it is good to call on Scripture as we…
WHO CARES IF GOD CALLS US OR NOT?
June 22, 2016
LET’S GATHER WITH OTHER CLERGY I’m working on some material for the next conference of the Presbytery Pastoral Care Network,…
A LITANY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE END OF OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
June 17, 2016
This litany was prepared as a response to the conclusion of our 222nd General Assembly. Feel free to use it…
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER CREATIVELY
June 15, 2016
The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) invites all writers (and those who have dreamed about writing) to compose a short story.…
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…