Getting To Soft #2/2

Soft is hard to do because it is deeply counter-intuitive. It runs contrary to almost all the rules of the game I have learned.

Getting To “Soft” #1/2

Soft is hard to do.

3rd Strategy For Staying Together

All of the strategies for staying together in ministry are pretty simple; none of them is easy.

#2/4 – Strategies For Staying Together

Estimates vary, but generally the average length that one person stays as the primary pastor in a single congregation is said to be between 3.6 and 7 years. Three decades is a bit unusual…. ok a lot unusual.

Takeaway From Clergy Conference #6b – Trust

What are we saying when we say “trust” has been lost? What is the problem this statement attempts to describe?

The Value of Paying Attention

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER offers some sobering thoughts on the advances in social networking technology, but makes a positive and encouraging point in the end.

20th Anniversary

I first came to ministry in the parish I now serve in October 1987 as Associate Rector. Six years later I was licensed as Rector on 14 November 1993, 20 years ago today.

Saying “The Wrong Thing”

I cannot count the number of times I have recalled with regret and embarrassment my part in a conversation with a person in crisis.

Ashton Kutcher’s Facebook Religion

It is hard to know exactly what Asthon Kutcher said yesterday at CTIA2013 in the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas. The reports are not entirely clear.

Beyond Victimhood

When I choose to allow your behaviour to control my feelings, I give you enormous power in my life and make myself a victim.