Why it Takes Five to Seven Years to Become the Pastor of a Church
Posted: September 4, 2017By Thom Rainer You are the new pastor of the church. Expectations are high on your part and on the members’ part. Perhaps you celebrate with some type of installation […]
Read more →A Day Camp Story
Posted: July 10, 2017By Sue Sprang NEW ERA – The pastor and members of Trinity Lutheran Church, New Era, didn’t allow the demise of their Vacation Bible School program keep them from reaching […]
Read more →Spirit and Fire, Time to Retire…or Not
Posted:By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Sister Nancy Brousseau, O.P. knew as a child that she was headed for serving God and the church. Now, as she steps away from her […]
Read more →The 10 Most Common Things a Church Consultant Will Tell Your Church
Posted: June 5, 2017A post by Chuck Lawless serves as the basis for today’s podcast. Dr. Lawless has been consulting with churches for nearly two decades and shared ten things he had learned […]
Read more →8 Questions to Ask If You Want to Lead Well
Posted:Adaptive leaders who are seeking to live well have a knack for asking the right questions at the right time to reframe how our ministries unfold. The questions below are […]
Read more →The good years
Posted: April 9, 2017By Sue Sprang NEW ERA – “It was a good year,” said C. J. Clark, as he reflected on last year’s summer camp and looked toward this year’s upcoming season, […]
Read more →One dinosaur and a food truck
Posted:By Sue Sprang GLADWIN – Cold January morning. Check. Food truck. Check. Volunteers. Check. Dinosaur. Check. Wait! What? There’s a dinosaur? Yep! You’ve got to admit, it’s not every day […]
Read more →It is what it is
Posted: March 6, 2017By Sue Sprang It is what it is… or is it? It seems a currently common phrase is: “It is what it is”. And sometimes that’s the way it has […]
Read more →The Resuscitated Church
Posted:By Thom Rainer She was on her deathbed. Every breath was laborious. Every breath was more difficult. Those who surrounded her knew the end was imminent. It was only matter […]
Read more →At What Age Should a Pastor Retire? Ten Diagnostic Questions
Posted:By Thom Rainer There are a lot of us Baby Boomer pastors and Christian leaders around. And it’s cliché, but we aren’t getting any younger. It’s a quiet question that […]
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