What if, as leaders of faith communities, we began to see that part of our calling is to incite joy among the people we lead?
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What the church can do to help prevent suicide
Congregations play a vital role in supporting positive mental and emotional health.
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Lead a church that cares
Can’t we be missional and priestly at the same time?
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Food insecurity, faith and God’s abundance
Congregations have a role to play in relieving food insecurity.
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What should your church do after a mass shooting?
What is the church supposed to say? What is the church called to do?
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Leading through tragedy is holy work
Christian leaders traffic in hope, but we must keep a few things in mind as we provide guidance to people who are trying to reconcile faith in a loving God with an experience of agony.
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Hospitality for the unhoused
The gospel provides a clear mandate to offer concrete acts of compassion to people on the economic and social margins of society. Today, unhoused people comprise a sizeable number of this struggling demographic. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
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Is your congregation burned out?
We all know pastors who are burned out from the stresses of 2020 and 2021. Maybe we are willing to say, “I am burned out” — but I wonder if it would help us to think about a congregation being burned out. A Harvard…
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Churches and mental health
As we cross the threshold into another year of a global pandemic, the stress is palpable. We all want to be resilient, but resilience is becoming more difficult. For church leaders, the call to action is clear: Congregations must not underestimate…
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Are you just tired – or burning out?
A group of ministers told me about a senior pastor they knew who resigned because the demands of ministry had become too much. This was not the first person they knew personally who resigned this year. Such sudden exits make…
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