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I’ve been watching some episodes on DVD of the Vicar of Dibley, the hilarious BBC…
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Some years into my ministry, I attended a retreat on spirituality led by Joan Hickey…
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Why do we stop doing things? Sometimes it’s simply to have more space in our…
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I’ve read several different people who suggest that a stop doing list is as important…
Continue ReadingHow Do You Find Your Own Voice?
Tonight my voice teacher is having her first performance group of the year. Her adult…
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When I was a pastor in Massachusetts, one year a cousin visited us for Easter,…
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A church is not a family, and it is important to understand that. All the…
Continue ReadingIs It Style Or…?
Israel Galindo in a comment on my last post raised the issue of leadership styles.…
Continue ReadingIs There a Secret to Ministry?
Church leadership’s biggest secret is that it is more about us than it is about…
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