Learning takes place in all aspects of our lives, but often we confine learning to formal institutional educational settings. As an avid adult educator, Pierre Domincé developed a method to encourage adult learners to reflect on how they have learned…

Podcast The title of this seminar is very intentional. A ministry that’s in balance comes from and leads to a life that is renewed, and a renewed life leads to a balanced ministry. So the focus of this seminar is…

A former colleague of ours here at Alban looked forward to each summer as a time when he would be able to pursue some special projects and escape from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the year. It…

Congregational leaders must approach their ministry, decision-making process, and institutional management with the understanding that a congregation is, at heart, more community than organization in nature. The congregation’s primary enterprise is the shaping of the faith of its members and…

My first ministry began in 1980 in Boca Raton, Florida. I didn’t know it at first, but a few members of my congregation were working on a secret project that would have far-reaching results: a small team had begun designing…

Have you ever visited a congregation where you were told to take a brightly colored mug at the fellowship hour so that members would know you were visiting and could make you feel welcome? What was your experience? Occasionally this…

In the church we talk about having faith and being faithful, but rarely do we talk about experiencing grace and being gracious. Churches are actually at times some of the most ungracious places on this planet, and Christians are at…

The issue of power seemed to arise almost immediately when Marcus Pomeroy and I began our pastoral partnership in January 1996. Within a few weeks we began to hear the question over and over again: “Where does the buck stop?”…